The Leather Saint (1956)
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The Leather Saint is an uneasy blend of religious drama and prizefight picture. John Derek stars as Father Gil Allen, an Episcopalian minister who relaxes on weekends by indulging in a few rounds of boxing. Allen hopes to use the prize money to finance a medical center for young polio victims, but he doesn't offer this information--nor does he reveal his true identity--to his hard-bitten, money-grubbing manager Gus MacAuliffe (Paul Douglas). When he's not duking it out in the ring, Allen works overtime to save a pretty young girl named Pearl (Jody Lawrance) from becoming a hopeless alcoholic. Mildly entertaining, The Leather Saint used to be an Easter-weekend perennial on certain Midwestern TV stations. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paul Douglas - Gus MacAuliffe
- Jody Lawrance - Pearl Gorman
- Richard Shannon - Tom Kelly
- Thomas Brown Henry - Bishop Hardtke
- Bill Baldwin - Fight Announcer
- Mary Benoit - Nurse
- Courtland Shepard
- Raymond Winston
- Jan Bradley
- Cheryl Callaway
- Edith Evanson - Stella
- John Derek - Father Gil Allen
- Cesar Romero - Tony Lorenzo
- Ernest Truex - Father Ritchie
- Lou Nova - Tiger
- Baynes Barron - Henchman
- Estelle Etterre
- Larry Williams
- Bill Meader
- Ralph Montgomery
- Robert Cornthwaite - Dr. Lomas
- Director(s):
- Alvin Ganzer
- Writer(s):
- Norman Retchin, Alvin Ganzer
- Producer(s):
- Norman Retchin
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