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The Hoodlum Priest

(1961)

March 26, 1961• 1h 41m
59%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Irvin Kershner

Director

Top Billed Cast

DM

Don Murray

Father Charles Dismas Clark

LG

Larry Gates

Louis Rosen

CW

Cindi Wood

George Hale

KD

Keir Dullea

Billy Lee Jackson

LR

Logan Ramsey

George Hale

DJ

Don Joslyn

Pio Gentile

SC

Sam Capuano

Mario Mazziotti

VO

Vince O'Brien

Assistant District Attorney

WP

Warren Parker

Warden

SH

Sam Harris

Witness at Execution (uncredited)

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