The Hoodlum Priest
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1961-03-26
Runtime: 101 mins
Director: Irvin Kershner
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Hoodlum Priest
Production Companies: Murray-Wood Productions, United Artists
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Don Murray
Larry Gates
Cindi Wood
Keir Dullea
Logan Ramsey
Don Joslyn
Sam Capuano
Vince O'Brien
Warren Parker
Sam Harris
Roger Ray
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