The Cardinal (1963)
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60% of critics liked it
(10 reviews) -
55% of users liked it
(886 ratings)
Tom Tryon plays the title role in this Otto Preminger version of the Henry Morton Robinson novel. In his matriculation from Monsignor to the College of Cardinals, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) must undergo several grueling life experiences: standing up to bigots in Georgia, defying Nazis in Austria,… More Tom Tryon plays the title role in this Otto Preminger version of the Henry Morton Robinson novel. In his matriculation from Monsignor to the College of Cardinals, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) must undergo several grueling life experiences: standing up to bigots in Georgia, defying Nazis in Austria, and so on. The film boasts cameo appearances by Dorothy Gish, Cecil Kellaway, John Saxon, John Huston, Robert Morse, Burgess Meredith, Raf Vallone, Ossie Davis. Incidentally, Tryon eventually quit acting and became a popular novelist. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Otto Preminger
- Written By
- Henry Morton Robinson, Robert Dozier
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 12, 1963 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
This is an extremely well constructed film, made with a balance that keeps its overflowing plot line in perfect control.
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Tom Milne, Time Out
Risible script based on a doorstop novel by Henry Morton Robinson, but handled by Preminger with tremendous panache; worth seeing just for the incredible skill and flair with which he stages the action and moves the camera.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
he end is a great letdown from what Mr. Preminger might have accomplished with the 1950 novel of Henry Morton Robinson. There is no strong flow of spirit through it. Even the melodrama is perfunctory and weak.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's nothing more than a kitsch take on the good and bad of the Catholic Church, but it has the chutzpah to pose as a work of art.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
With an hour cut out of it, this might have been a landmark picture.
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Cast
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Tom Tryon
as Stephen Fermoyle
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Carol Lynley
as Mona/Regina Fermoyle
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Dorothy Gish
as Celia
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Romy Schneider
as Annemarie
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Maggie McNamara
as Florrie
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John Huston
as Cardinal Glennon
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Raf Vallone
as Cardinal Quarenghi
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John Saxon
as Benny Rampell
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Cameron Prud'Homme
as Din
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Cecil Kellaway
as Monsignor Monaghan
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Loring Smith
as Cornelius J. Deegan
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Jose Duvall
as Ramon Gongaro
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Peter MacLean
as Father Callahan
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Robert Morse
as Bobby and His Adora-Belles
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Pat Henning
as Hercule Menton
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Burgess Meredith
as Father Ned Halley
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Jill Haworth
as Lalage Menton
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Russ Brown
as Dr. Heller
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Ossie Davis
as Father Gillis
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Donald Hayne
as Father Eberling
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Chill Wills
as Monsignor Whittle
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Arthur Hunnicutt
as Sheriff Dubrow
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Doro Merande
as Woman Picket
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Patrick O'Neal
as Cecil Turner
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Murray Hamilton
as Lafe
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Peter Weck
as Kurt von Hartman
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Tullio Carminatti
as Cardinal Giacobbi
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Vilma Degischer
as Sister Wilhelmina
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Rudolph Foster
as Drunk Man at the Ball
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Matthias Fuchs
as Father Neidermoser
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Billie Hayes
as Frank
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Joseph Meinrad
as Cardinal Innitzer
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Wolfgang Preiss
as S.S. Major
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Dino DiLuca
as Italian Monsignor
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Eric Frey
as Seyss-Inquart
- Bill Hayes
- Berenice Gahm
- James Hickman
