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The Cardinal
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Not Rated
1963
2h 55m
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A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
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Cast of The Cardinal
Tom Tryon
Stephen Fermoyle
Romy Schneider
Annemarie von Hartman
John Huston
Kardinal Glennon
Carol Lynley
Mona Fermoyle / Regina Fermoyle
Dorothy Gish
Celia Fermoyle
Maggie McNamara
Florrie Fermoyle
Bill Hayes
Frank Fermoyle
Cameron Prud'Homme
Din Fermoyle
John Saxon
Benny Rampell
Loring Smith
Cornelius J. Deegan
Cecil Kellaway
Monsignor Monaghan
Jose Duvall
Ramon Gongaro
Peter MacLean
Father Callahan
Burgess Meredith
Father Halley
Ossie Davis
Father Gillis
Jill Haworth
Lalage Menton
Russ Brown
Dr. Heller
Murray Hamilton
Lafe
Chill Wills
Monsignor
Raf Vallone
Cardinal
Robert Morse
Bobby
Arthur Hunnicutt
Sheriff
Doro Merande
Picket
Patrick O'Neal
Cecil Turner
Peter Weck
Kurt
Billy Reed
Pat Henning
Tullio Carminati
Dino Di Luca
Rudolf Forster
Josef Meinrad
Erik Frey
Josef Krastel
Matthias Fuchs
Vilma Degischer
Wolfgang Preiss
Jürgen Wilke
Stefan Skodler
Wilma Lipp
Soloist
The Cardinal Ratings & Reviews
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Thematically, Preminger's drama about internal church politics is most intriguing; too bad that the lead, Tom Tryon, is miscast.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
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.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
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.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Implausible epic telling of Tom Tryon as courageous priest has great Moross score.
ToxicUniverse.com
John A. Nesbit
I lasted a little over halfway through before figuring that it wasn't going to get any better...
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
This is an extremely well constructed film, made with a balance that keeps its overflowing plot line in perfect control.
Christianity Today
James Daane
The scenery is superb, the acting good: yet The Cardinal suggests neither the crises of the period, nor the anguished religious struggles it seeks to portray within the Catholic soul. Though the treatment is reverential, it lacks spiritual fiber.
Esquire Magazine
Dwight MacDonald
Tarzan of the Apes takes us about as far into African anthropology as The Cardinal does into the inner workings of the Roman Catholic Church. A pity, since the theme might have made an interesting film.
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Mike Massie
The film still feels largely uneventful and unmoving; Stephen's tale just isn't transformative or unforgettable.
TV Guide
With an hour cut out of it, this might have been a landmark picture.
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