Where to Watch The Assistant (1997)

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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Assistant' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Assistant' right now, here are some finer points about the Oasis International flick.

Released January 1st, 1997, 'The Assistant' stars The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a user score of 42 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 2 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Daniel Petrie scripted and directed this Canadian-British film, an adaptation of the memorable 1957 Brooklyn-based novel by Brooklyn-born Bernard Malamud, author of The Natural. During the Depression, drifter Frank Alpine (Gil Bellows) and hobo Ward Minogue (Jaimz Woolvett) rob the small Bober family grocery. Minogue attacks frail Morris Bober (Armin Mueller-Stahl) because he has little money. Later, guilt sends Alpine back to the store, where he goes unrecognized and is hired by Bober as an assistant, despite the objections of Ida Bober (Joan Plowright). While Frank works the store, receiving miniscule wages, he falls for Bober's daughter, Helen (Kate Greenhouse), and Morris eventually learns who Frank really is." .