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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Hard to review a movie so old
I am 75 years of age and I remember seeing the movie sometime when it came to TV. It was not my sort of movie then or now. I could not recommend this movie to anyone today.
I do think however that Don Murray, as Father Clark, did some great acting in this movie.
I started my freshman year at a Catholic high school, De La Salle Military Academy, in 1955. The entire first week was a Catholic retreat (religion). I can not remember now if Father Clark did one day of the retreat or the entire week. I seem to think he did the entire week.
I was 14 years old and a Catholic and had gone to only Catholic schools. I had never heard of Father Clark.
As soon as I saw and heard Father Clark I was thinking this guy is crazy. I was thinking why are the Christian Brothers allowing a crazy man to be around a bunch of kids?
Later they had confession and I was sent into a room, alone, with Father Clark to hear my confession. He grabbed me and started to wail or say something about it will be OK or something like that. I did the confession thing and got the hell out of there.
I think the movie got a lot correct about Father Clark. But if they had shown the real Father Clark it would have been a much different movie and I do not think it would have been shown.
But if you want to get a little bit of an idea about what Father Clark was like then the movie and Don Murray do a pretty good job of it.
I do think however that Don Murray, as Father Clark, did some great acting in this movie.
I started my freshman year at a Catholic high school, De La Salle Military Academy, in 1955. The entire first week was a Catholic retreat (religion). I can not remember now if Father Clark did one day of the retreat or the entire week. I seem to think he did the entire week.
I was 14 years old and a Catholic and had gone to only Catholic schools. I had never heard of Father Clark.
As soon as I saw and heard Father Clark I was thinking this guy is crazy. I was thinking why are the Christian Brothers allowing a crazy man to be around a bunch of kids?
Later they had confession and I was sent into a room, alone, with Father Clark to hear my confession. He grabbed me and started to wail or say something about it will be OK or something like that. I did the confession thing and got the hell out of there.
I think the movie got a lot correct about Father Clark. But if they had shown the real Father Clark it would have been a much different movie and I do not think it would have been shown.
But if you want to get a little bit of an idea about what Father Clark was like then the movie and Don Murray do a pretty good job of it.
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- hnbbs
- Oct 9, 2016
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- 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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- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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