The First Legion

The First Legion (1951)

It will give you that warm, wonderful feeling deep in your heart...

A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.

Date of release
1951-05-04
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
Douglas Sirk

Casting

Interesting facts

The First Legion is a 1951 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, written by Emmet Lavery and starring Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Walter Hampden, Barbara Rush, Wesley Addy, H. B. Warner and Leo G. Carroll. The film was released on April 27, 1951 by United Artists.

Production

The film was financed by Charles Boyer, for whom the original play's character of Father Aherne was renamed to Father Arnoux, to account for Boyer's French accent.

Filming took place at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California during May and June 1950. Director Douglas Sirk had the Spanish art gallery at the inn converted into a seminary common room, and bedrooms above the gallery were staged to represent the priests' cells. The St. Francis chapel and atrium, the mission's original cloister walk and the monks' music room were also used for filming.

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