The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Mar 26, 1961

Runtime : 1h 41m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Murray-Wood Productions, United Artists

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : gas chamber, minister