The Fixer

The Fixer is a 1966 novel by Bernard Malamud which tells the true story of a Jew, Menahem Mendel Beilis, in Tsarist Russia who is unjustly imprisoned, the notorious "Beilis trial" that ensued, and the international uproar that it caused, forcing Russia to back down in the face of world indignation. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1967 and was adapted into a film in 1968 by Dalton Trumbo.

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The film stars Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Ian Holm, David Opatoshu and David Warner. It was directed by John Frankenheimer.

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It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alan Bates).

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Disambiguation: The Fixer is also a fiction novel by Jon F. Merz

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1966: 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar)...

Bernard Malamud: Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American writer born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family....

Jew: The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes....