The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
The most fantastic story the screen has ever told AND IT'S TRUE right down to its last jolt!
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.
Rated
NR
Year
1961
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
26 March 1961
TMDB
5.9 (8)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Don Murray
Father Charles Dismas Clark
Larry Gates
Louis Rosen
Cindi Wood
George Hale
Keir Dullea
Billy Lee Jackson
Logan Ramsey
George Hale
D
Don Joslyn
Pio Gentile
S
Sam Capuano
Mario Mazziotti
V
Vince O'Brien
Assistant District Attorney
Warren Parker
Warden
S
Sam Harris
Witness at Execution (uncredited)
R
Roger Ray
Detective Shattuck
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