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The Cardinal is a american film of genre Drama directed by Otto Preminger released in USA on 12 december 1963 with Tom Tryon

The Cardinal (1963)

The Cardinal
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Released in USA 12 december 1963
Length 2h55
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Historical
Rating66% 3.346923.346923.346923.346923.34692

The Cardinal is a 1963 American drama film which was produced independently and directed by Otto Preminger, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel of the same name (1950) by Henry Morton Robinson.

Its cast featured Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider and John Huston, and it was nominated for six Academy Awards.

The film was shot on location in Boston, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and in Rome and Vienna. The music score was written by Jerome Moross. The Cardinal featured the final appearance by veteran film star Dorothy Gish as well as the last big-screen performance of Maggie McNamara.

Robinson's novel was based on the life of Cardinal Francis Spellman, who was then Archbishop of New York. The Vatican's liaison officer for the film was Joseph Ratzinger, later to become Pope Benedict XVI. The story touches on various social issues such as interfaith marriage, sex outside of marriage, abortion, racial bigotry, the rise of fascism and war.

Synopsis

A newly ordained Irish Catholic priest, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) returns home to Boston in 1917. He discovers that his parents are upset about daughter Mona (Carol Lynley) having become engaged to marry a Jewish boy, Benny Rampell (John Saxon). Mona seeks Stephen's counsel as a priest.

Actors

Tom Tryon

(Stephen Fermoyle)
Raf Vallone

(Cardinal)
Jill Haworth

(Lalage Menton)
John Saxon

(Benny Rampell)
Romy Schneider

(Annemarie von Hartman)
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