I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973)
Made for television, I Heard the Owl Call My Name is set in an isolated Indian village in British Columbia. Tom Courtenay plays a naive young Anglican priest who is caught unawares by the primitiveness and poverty of his new parishioners. Bishop Dean Jagger, who's seen it all (and looks it!), uses alternating doses of toughness and tenderness to help Courtenay reach his flock. To do this, Courtenay must first reach within himself. Exquisitely adapted from the novel by Margaret Craven, I Heard the Owl Call My Name was first presented December 18, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Courtenay, Dean Jagger, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daryl Duke
Synopsis of I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Made for television, I Heard the Owl Call My Name is set in an isolated Indian village in British Columbia. Tom Courtenay plays a naive young Anglican priest who is caught unawares by the primitiveness and poverty of his new parishioners. Bishop Dean Jagger, who's seen it all (and looks it!), uses alternating doses of toughness and tenderness to help Courtenay reach his flock. To do this, Courtenay must first reach within himself. Exquisitely adapted from the novel by Margaret Craven, I Heard the Owl Call My Name was first presented December 18, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- Tom Courtenay - Father Tark Brian
- Paul Stanley - Jim Wallace
- George Clutesi
- Dean Jagger - Bishop
- Marianne Jones - Keetah
- Keith Pepper
- Director(s):
- Daryl Duke
- Writer(s):
- Gerald Di Pego
- Producer(s):
- Daryl Duke
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