The Hoodlum Priest 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.

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Drama
Release Date

Mar 26, 1961

Duration: 1h 41 min

Popularity: 1.2208
6 votes
Directed by

Irvin Kershner

Screenplay by

Joseph LandonDon Murray

Productions

Murray-Wood Productions United Artists (US)

Budget

Revenue: NA

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