Movie Details
Theatrical Release:March 26th, 1961
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 15th, 2002
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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Murray-Wood Productions, United Artists
The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
Movie"The most fantastic story the screen has ever told AND IT'S TRUE right down to its last jolt!"
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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.
DirectorIrvin Kershner
