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Francis of Assisi is a 1961 DeLuxe CinemaScope film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the novel The Joyful Beggar by Louis de Wohl. It was shot entirely in Italy. The film was a box office loss. It starred Bradford Dillman in one of his few sympathetic leading film roles (he usually played a villainous character onscreen, despite having originated the role of Jamie in the original stage version of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1956).
Two years after the release of Francis of Assisi, Dolores Hart, the 24-year-old actress who plays a nun in the film, became a real-life Roman Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut.
Original Release
07/12/1961
US Release
07/12/1961
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Ludwig von Wohl, Eugene Vale, James Forsyth, Jack W. Thomas
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Jack Lambert | Scefi |
Oliver Johnston | Father Livoni |
Malcolm Keen | Bishop Guido |
Pedro Armendariz | The Sultan |
Manuela Ballard | Lucia, Tavern Girl |
Renzo Cesana | Friar |
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | Cardinal Savelli |
George Ehling | Friar |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Plato A. Skouras | Producer |