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Director:
Stanley Kramer
Writer:
Milan Stitt (writer)
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Release Date:
21 February 1980 (Australia) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Father Rivard is a priest in a small, economically depressed coal mining town. Working on what he thinks is a "controversial" work... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Broadway Playwright Stitt Dies
 (From WENN. 18 March 2009, 9:15 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Dick Van Dyke ... Father Brian Rivard

Kathleen Quinlan ... Sister Rita

Maureen Stapleton ... Mrs. Shandig

Ray Bolger ... Monsignor Nicholson
Tammy Grimes ... Erna Webber

Beau Bridges ... Toby Felker
Allen Nause ... Prosecutor
John Procaccino ... Amos
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Larry Buck ... Fire chief
Ted D'Arms ... Sheriff
Bill Dore ... Judge
Jock Dove ... Doctor McNabb
Jim Doyle ... Matt Webber
Billy Jayne ... James
Casey Kramer ... Marie
Katherine Kramer ... Sophie
Zoaunne LeRoy ... Sister Martha
Sister Marguerite Morrissey ... Sister Immaculata
Kendall Kay Munsey ... Louise Donnelly
Don Riley ... Maurice Prindle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | USA:PG

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The final film directed by Stanley Kramer. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
great movie, 28 June 2008
9/10
Author: Chickory from United States

I first saw this movie in 1983 when I went out west to see my boyfriend. He was a river runner & was living in a house full of the same. Because river runners are in & out of the house on multi-day trips, many people used the house as their crash pad between trips. The point is that the house was full of people. This came on HBO and a bunch of us watched it with rapt attention. Later that day, it came on again and we all sat there and watched it again! How good is a movie when a house full of people watch the same movie twice in one day! I have never understood why more people have not heard of or seen this movie. It is wonderful. It is not a slam bam action movie, it is more about character and how people evolve through interaction with others even though external events may not allow for it. I have never forgotten this movie and I am going to chase down my own copy.

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