The Hoodlum Priest

Irvin Kershner
1961-03-26

The most fantastic story the screen has ever told AND IT'S TRUE right down to its last jolt!
6
101 min

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.