Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Norman McKay
- Father Dunne
- (as Norman MacKaye)
Walter L. Wiedmer
- Father David Michaels
- (as Walter Wiedmer)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaConcerned that the critics would not be kind to an actor appearing in a film he wrote, Don Murray penned the screenplay under the pseudonym "Don Deer", his nickname as a track and field athlete in high school in Rockaway, NY.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
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I'll never get this 101 minutes back!
I was 13 when this film came out and while I don't know for sure why I never got to see this. I'm guessing, morals being what they were at the time; this was probably judged to rough a movie for a boy my age. It probably would have been a R rated movie in it's day. So when I saw it listed on Turner Classic Movies I thought great, I finally get a chance to see this old film. Well now that I've seen it I'm amazed this film gets so much buzz. I found it to be way to melodramatic, over acted and just plain hammy. I'm not sure how this could have ever been relevant. I know that Father Clark did great work in his time; but this seems a poor way to tell his story. Almost everyone in this movie is over acting. I'm guessing that's the fault of the director, but that doesn't make it any easier to sit through. I'm sure many will be drawn to this film by Keir Dullea's name in the cast. Dullea's fame comes from 2001 a film whose uniqueness at the time; pulled along most of the actors who happened to be in it. Like the Hoodlum Priest there were no great performances in that film either. A film for film school students, theater majors, and nostalgia buffs. A corny waste of time.
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- Bronco46
- Sep 17, 2011
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- ...der werfe den ersten Stein
- Filming locations
- Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA(prison seen at beginning of film)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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