The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
The most fantastic story the screen has ever told AND IT'S TRUE right down to its last jolt!
101 min
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.
- Release date
- March 26, 1961
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Richard Markowitz
Trailer
Cast
- Don Murray as Father Charles Dismas Clark
- Larry Gates as Louis Rosen
- Logan Ramsey as George McHale
- Don Joslyn as Pio Gentile
- Sam Capuano as Mario Mazziotti
- Vince O'Brien as Assistant District Attorney
- Al Mack as Judge Garrity
- Lou Martini as Angelo Mazziotri
- Norman McKay as Father Dunne
- Joseph Cusanelli as Hector Sterne
Crew
- Irvin Kershner · Director
- Melvin Sloan · Writer
- Don Murray · Writer
- Joseph Landon · Writer
- Don Murray · Producer
- Walter Wood · Producer
- Richard Markowitz · Composer
- Haskell Wexler · Cinematographer
- Maurice Wright · Editor