The Hoodlum Priest

(1961)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1961

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Ирвин Кершнер

Cast: Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood, Keir Dullea, Logan Ramsey, Don Joslyn, Sam Capuano, Vince O'Brien, Warren Parker, Sam Harris

Plot

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.