Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

1961
1h 45m
7.6

7.6/10

31 votes • View on IMDb

"The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross"

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Budget: $2,000,000

Revenue: $1,800,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Perseus Productions 20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 12, 1961
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0054892

Cast

Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman

Francis Bernardone of Assisi

Dolores Hart
Dolores Hart

Clare

Stuart Whitman
Stuart Whitman

Count Paolo of Vandria

Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway

Cardinal Hugolino

Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz

Pietro Bernardone

Athene Seyler
Athene Seyler

Aunt Buona

Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie

The Pope

Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns

Brother Juniper

Russell Napier
Russell Napier

Brother Elias

John Welsh
John Welsh

Canon Cattanei

Harold Goldblatt
Harold Goldblatt

Bernard

Edith Sharpe
Edith Sharpe

Donna Pica

Key Crew

Michael Curtiz
Director
Eugene Vale
Screenplay
James Forsyth
Screenplay
Jack W. Thomas
Screenplay
Plato A. Skouras
Producer