The Leather Saint

The Leather Saint (1956)

The Story Of A Fighting Priest Who Leads A Double Life!

Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims. Keeping his real identity secret and hoping to step away after one big payday, Gil signs a contract to fight for greedy promoter Gus MacAuliffe.

Date of release
1956-06-06
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
Alvin Ganzer

Casting

Interesting facts

The Leather Saint is a 1956 American drama film noir sport film, directed by Alvin Ganzer in black-and-white VistaVision, about Gil Allen, a priest who boxes. It stars John Derek, Paul Douglas and Jody Lawrance.

Production

The film was originally about a Catholic priest. However Catholic groups objected due to the romance subplot so the script was adjusted and the main character Gil Allen became an Episcopalian priest instead.

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