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Lawrence Barrett (screenplay)
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20 April 1954 (USA)
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When young John Wesley is saved from the flames burning his family's home, he believes God has chosen him for a higher mission...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leonard Sachs | ... | John Wesley |
| Gerard Lohan | ... | Wesley as a Child |
| Neil Heayes | ... | Wesley as a Student |
| Keith Pyott | ... | Rev. Samuel Weslwy |
| Curigwen Lewis | ... | Susannah Wesley |
| John Witty | ... | Peter Bohler |
| Derek Aylward | ... | Charles Wesley |
| Patrick Barton | ... | George Whitefield |
| John Slater | ... | Condemned Man |
| Philip Leaver | ... | Beau Nash |
| Joss Ambler | ... | Trustee of Georgia |
| Andrew Cruickshank | ... | Trustee of Georgia |
| Horace Sequiera | ... | Trustee of Georgia |
| Sydney Moncton | ... | Trustee of Georgia |
| Erik Chitty | ... | Trustee of Georgia |
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77 min
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I love this film! Major studio productions of the lives of Christians are often inaccurate and painful to watch. This isn't.
Wesley is not most famous simply for founding Methodism - rather, his claim to fame is as a powerful revivalist and evangelist. Like Whitefield, Finney, Moody and the like he was greatly used by God to bring challenge, salvation and blessing to thousands of lost souls.
The scriptwriter Lawrence Barrett had an invaluable source for his material - Wesley's own published journal. Many Christian viewers will recognise the scenes in the film - using word-for-word reproductions from Wesley's own recollections.
I was moved to tears during two of the scenes depicted - one when Wesley was a member of a congregation in a chapel and a later one involving the resolution of an earlier issue concerning a highwayman. In contrast there was a hilarious scene involving the reaction of some church members to one of his sermons (the reference "riff-raff" may identify this for you if you've seen the picture!).
If you are a Bible-believing Christian I would heartily recommend this film to you, and I thank God for those responsible for its production for not compromising or watering down the gospel.