Francis of Assisi (1961)
1h 45m
Running Time
July 12, 1961Release Date
Francis of Assisi (1961)
1h 45m
Running Time
July 12, 1961Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Bradford Dillman
Francis Bernardone of Assisi
Dolores Hart
Clare
Stuart Whitman
Count Paolo of Vandria
Eduard Franz
Pietro Bernardone
Cecil Kellaway
Cardinal Hugolino
Athene Seyler
Aunt Buona
Michael Curtiz
Director
Finlay Currie
The Pope
Ludwig von Wohl
Writer
Mervyn Johns
Brother Juniper
Eugene Vale
Writer
James Forsyth
Writer
Russell Napier
Brother Elias
John Welsh
Canon Cattanei
Jack W. Thomas
Writer
Harold Goldblatt
Bernard
Plato A. Skouras
Producer
Edith Sharpe
Donna Pica
Oliver Johnston
Father Livoni
Malcolm Keen
Bishop Guido
Jack Lambert
Scefi
Pedro Armendáriz
The Sultan
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Edward Carrere
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 12, 1961
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$1,800,000
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Wiki.
Francis of Assisi is a 1961 DeLuxe CinemaScope epic film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the 1958 novel The Joyful Beggar by Louis de Wohl. The film starred Bradford Dillman, in one of his few sympathetic leading film roles (he usually played a villainous character onscreen), Dolores Hart and Stuart Whitman. Shot entirely in Italy, it was a box office bomb.
Two years after initial release, Hart, who played St. Clare, became a Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut.