The Hoodlum Priest

Name: The Hoodlum Priest
Director: Irvin Kershner
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-03-26
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood, Keir Dullea, Logan Ramsey

Directed by Irvin Kershner

Drama

19611h 41m5.4

Overview

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.