Francis of Assisi
“The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross”
7.7(32)NR19611h 45mEN
Directed by Michael Curtiz
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
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Budget $2.0MBox office $1.8M
Cast
Bradford Dillman
Francis Bernardone of Assisi
Dolores Hart
Clare
Stuart Whitman
Count Paolo of Vandria
Cecil Kellaway
Cardinal Hugolino
Eduard Franz
Pietro Bernardone
Athene Seyler
Aunt Buona
Finlay Currie
The Pope
Mervyn Johns
Brother Juniper
Russell Napier
Brother Elias
John Welsh
Canon Cattanei
Harold Goldblatt
Bernard
Edith Sharpe
Donna Pica
