The Leather Saint
The Story Of A Fighting Priest Who Leads A Double Life!
1956 | 86m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Alvin Ganzer |
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| Writer: | Alvin Ganzer, Norman Retchin |
| Staring: |
| Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims. Keeping his real identity secret and hoping to step away after one big payday, Gil signs a contract to fight for greedy promoter Gus MacAuliffe. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 06, 1956 |
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| Director: | Alvin Ganzer |
| Writer: | Alvin Ganzer, Norman Retchin |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | boxing |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Douglas | Gus MacAuliffe |
| John Derek | Father Gil Allen |
| Jody Lawrance | Pearl Gorman |
| Cesar Romero | Tony Lorenzo |
| Ernest Truex | Father Ritchie |
| Richard Shannon | Tom Kelly |
| Ricky Vera | Pepito (as Ricky Vera) |
| Robert Cornthwaite | Dr. Lomas |
| Edith Evanson | Stella |
| Lou Nova | Tiger |
| Baynes Barron | Tony's Henchman |
| Babette Bain | Dolores (uncredited) |
| Bill Baldwin | Fight Announcer (uncredited) |
| Richard Bender | Boy (uncredited) |
| Mary Benoit | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Estelle Etterre | Nurse with Iron Lung (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
| Alvin Ganzer | Screenplay, Director |
| Norman Retchin | Screenplay |
| Haskell B. Boggs | Director of Photography |
| Floyd Knudtson | Editor |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Frank R. McKelvy | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
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| Norman Retchin | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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