Mass Appeal (1984)
- Starring:
- Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, (more)
- Director(s):
- Glenn Jordan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Jack Lemmon stars in Mass Appeal as a popular Los Angeles parish priest, who has retained the good will of his parishioners by cracking jokes and never taking a stand on crucial matters. Enter young seminarian Zeljko Ivanek, whose rebellious reputation threatens to earn him an expulsion. Lemmon is expected to bring Ivanek around to the Church's "party line," but the younger man resists the older man's advice--quite loudly at times. The audience is fully aware that, by film's end, Ivanek will have converted Lemmon instead of the other way around, but the sheer joy of watching two superb actors at work transcends the story's predictability. Mass Appeal was based on a play by Bill C. Davis, and produced by none other than the widow of McDonalds mogul Ray Kroc. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jack Lemmon - Father Tim Farley
- Charles Durning - Monsignor Burke
- Richard Doyle - Faculty Member
- Jerry Hardin - Mr. Dolson
- Alice Hirson - Mrs. Hart
- Ann Nelson - Miss Barber
- James Ray - Father De Nicola
- John Vargas - Scott Alvarez
- Terry Wills - Bill Kelly
- Noni White - Mother
- Christopher Carroll - Salvatore Fitzgerald
- John C. Becher - Mr. Jennings
- John Devlin - Choir Leader
- Zeljko Ivanek - Mark Dolson
- Louise Latham - Margaret
- Sharee Gregory - Marion Hart
- Helene Heigh - Mrs. Hart's mother
- Suzanne Kent - Mickey Kelly
- F. William Parker - Mr. Hartigan
- Gloria Stuart - Mrs. Curry
- R.J. Williams - Boy
- Maggie Gwinn - Mrs. Quinn
- Allison Caine
- Talia Balsam - Liz Dolson
- Lois de Banzie - Mrs. Dolson
- Director(s):
- Glenn Jordan
- Writer(s):
- Bill C. Davis
- Producer(s):
- David Foster, Lawrence Turman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children)
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