The Leather Saint

The Leather Saint (1956)

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.

Data di uscita
1956-06-06
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Durata
1 h 26 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
Alvin Ganzer

Cast

Curiosità

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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