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The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1961

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Hoodlum Priest

Production Companies

Murray-Wood Productions, United Artists

Director

Irvin Kershner

Description

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.