The Cardinal

About The Cardinal

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Otto Preminger's The Cardinal is a 1963 history war film. Tom Tryon appears as Stephen Fermoyle, Romy Schneider as Annemarie von Hartman, John Huston as Kardinal Glennon, and Carol Lynley as Mona Fermoyle.

At 185 minutes long, it arrived in December 1963. Written by Ring Lardner Jr. and Robert Dozier.

Shelv files it under world war i, priest, faith, and abortion. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 56 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

First Reformed, Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist, and Priest make useful companions to The Cardinal.