The Hoodlum Priest
“The most fantastic story the screen has ever told AND IT'S TRUE right down to its last jolt!”
Synopsis
Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that fears and rejects them. An especially wrenching case for the Reverend is Billy Lee Jackson, a troubled thief whose personal demons constantly tempt him back to a life of crime — and may ultimately make him pay the highest price for a few desperate decisions.
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Edited by Maurice WrightShot by Haskell WexlerScored by Richard Markowitz
Also known as
- ...der werfe den ersten Steinde
- Le Mal de vivrefr
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Sam Capuano
as Mario Mazziotti
Vince O Brien
as Assistant District Attorney
Al Mack
as Judge Garrity
Joseph Cusanelli
as Hector Sterne
Don Murray
as Father Charles Dismas Clark
Lou Martini
as Angelo Mazziotri
Norman Mckay
as Father Dunne
Larry Gates
as Louis Rosen
Logan Ramsey
as George McHale
Don Joslyn
as Pio Gentile
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