Academy Awards, USA 1956
| Nominee Oscar | Best Cinematography, Color Harold Lipstein |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Henry Koster
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Twilight Time)
Richard Todd leaves his home in Scotland for America to become a pastor. After putting himself through divinity school he is assigned to a rural congregation in Georgia. His sermons eventually draw large crowds, including enamored coed Jean Peters. After getting married, he is reassigned to run-down church in Washington, DC. Once again his sermons attract crowds, including a quietly influential senator. Tragedy strikes when his wife is bedridden with tuberculosis and Todd himself is stricken with a heart attack. Potentially interesting bio of real life preacher Peter Marshall is dragged down by the predictable melodrama.
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