The Cardinal

Director: Otto Preminger Otto Preminger

Overview

Tom Tryon plays the title role in this Otto Preminger version of the Henry Morton Robinson novel. In his matriculation from Monsignor to the College of Cardinals, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) must undergo several grueling life experiences: standing up to bigots in Georgia, defying Nazis in Austria, and so on. The film boasts cameo appearances by Dorothy Gish, Cecil Kellaway, John Saxon, John Huston, Robert Morse, Burgess Meredith, Raf Vallone, Ossie Davis. Incidentally, Tryon eventually quit acting and became a popular novelist.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/20/2005
UPC:	0012569724273
Original Release:	1963
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Letterbox]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:55:00
Sales rank:	28,232

Special Features

Closed Caption; Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Feature Film Only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Tryon	Actor
John Huston	Actor
Carol Lynley	Mona/Regina Fermoyle
Dorothy Gish	Celia
Maggie McNamara	Florrie
Bill Hayes	Frank,Frank
Cameron Prud'Homme	Din
Cecil Kellaway	Monsignor Monaghan
Loring Smith	Cornelius J. Deegan
John Saxon	Benny Rampell
Joe Duval	Ramon Gongaro
Peter MacLean	Father Callahan
Robert Morse	Bobby
James Hickman	Father Lyons
Berenice Gahm	Mrs. Rampell
Billy Reed	Master of Ceremonies
Pat Henning	Hercule Menton
Jill Haworth	Lalage Menton
Russ Brown	Dr. Heller
Tullio Carminati	Cardinal Giacobbi
Ossie Davis	Father Gillis
Don Francesco Mancini	Ordination Master of Ceremonies
Dino Di Luca	Italian Monsignor
Donald Hayne	Father Eberling
Chill Wills	Monsignor Whittle
Arthur Hunnicutt	Sheriff Dubrow
Doro Merande	Woman Picket
Patrick O'Neal	Cecil Turner
Murray Hamilton	Lafe
Romy Schneider	Annemarie
Peter Weck	Kurt Von Hartman
Rudolf Forster	Drinking Man at Ball
Rudolph Foster	Drunk Man at the Ball
Josef Meinrad	Cardinal Innitzer,Cardinal Innitzer
Dagmar Schmedes	Mme. Walter
Eric Frey	Seyss-Inquart,Seyss-Inquart
Josef Krastel	Von Hartman Butler
Matthias Fuchs	Father Neidermoser,Father Neidermoser
Vilma Degischer	Sister Wilhelmina
Tullio Carminatti	Cardinal Giacobbi
Wolfgang Preiss	S.S. Major
Jurgen Wilke	Army Lieutenant
Wilma Lipp	Soloist
Jerome Moross	Composer
Raf Vallone	Kardinal Quarenghi
Jose Duvall	Ramon Gongaro
Burgess Meredith	Father Ned Halley

Technical Credits

Robert Dozier

Ring Lardner Jr.

Otto Preminger	Director,Producer
Robert Dozier	Screenwriter
Ring Lardner Jr.	Screenwriter
Walter Goss	Sound Effects
Red Law	Sound Effects
Peter Thornton	Sound Effects