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Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that fears and rejects them. An especially wrenching case for the Reverend is Billy Lee Jackson, a troubled thief whose personal demons constantly tempt him back to a life of crime — and may ultimately make him pay the highest price for a few desperate decisions.
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Don Murray Father Charles Dismas Clark
Larry Gates Louis Rosen
Cindi Wood George Hale
Keir Dullea Billy Lee Jackson
Logan Ramsey George Hale
Sam Capuano Mario Mazziotti
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