Stephen Fermoyle leaves his rough-and-tumble Boston neighborhood to undertake religious studies in Rome. As he rises through the ranks of the Church, eventually becoming a noted cardinal, he confronts bigotry, hypocrisy, and his own conflicts and doubts. Told against the background of two World Wars, Prohibition, Jazz, and Hitler’s rise to power.
Based on the book by Henry Morton Robinson.
Set beginning in 1917, the story moves into the Interwar and Second World War eras.
Starring Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, Dorothy Gish, John Huston, John Saxon, Burgess Meredith.
Not rated.