An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
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- TriviaPaul Douglas comments that St. Peter's is bigger than Yankee Stadium. In fact, the Yankee Stadium of 1952 could fit into just the central aisle of St. Peter's.
- GoofsA priest tells Brewster St. Peter's Basilica holds 100,000 people. It actually can only hold 60,000.
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Father John X. Halligan: Holiness often disappears with the daylight.
- Crazy creditsOpening card: "1950 was a holy year. Three million pilgrims from every part of the world thronged to Rome, the Eternal City. Our story is about two men who journeyed to Rome that year. One was Father John X. Halligan, a young priest from Coaltown, Pennsylvania, whose mission was a holy one; the other was Joe Brewster, late of Sing Sing, San Quentin, Joliet, and Atlanta, whose mission was not so holy...
If our story has a moral, it's a simple one: God may move in mysterious ways, but He gets there just the same. "
- SoundtracksHymn 'Panis Angelicus'
by César Franck
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Concerto for Paul Douglas and Orchestra
This film starring über-bear and magnificent character actor Paul Douglas, was likely inspired by Douglas's performance in "Angels in the Outfield" the preceding year and, likely as not, inspired Fellini's much more cynical take on the same theme, "Il Bidone" three years later, Douglas having been replaced by (Oscar winner) Broderick Crawford. Stalwart director Clarence Brown's direction was likely inspired by the neo-realist Italian movies that were seeping through America as well as the big studios' propensity to explore co-production and distribution deals with European companies (for economic reasons). Van Johnson also shines in this picture but it remains the ultimate movie thrill for Paul Douglas fans, of which there are many like me, I'm sure.
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- benoit-3
- May 10, 2010
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- $1,313,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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