The Hoodlum Priest
1961 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 510 VOTES · DIR. Irvin Kershner
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 919 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:11 Hurry! Here's your chance...
00:06:55 - You good with jelly? You know soup? - Look! That's my end of it, ain't it?
00:09:34 Wait a sec, will you?
00:12:19 If I thought you could be of better service some place else, I'd be the first to tell you.
00:16:49 - What? - Let it ride.
00:19:33 - And what's routine about a boy's life? - So tell him to say he was framed.
00:22:07 Your Honor! Your Honor, forgive my tardiness.
00:24:45 I mean, juiced.
00:26:51 No. We don't want any publicity.
00:31:31 Come on! He's with you? What more I gotta know? Mario, come here!
00:34:47 I know it's a bundle, but I've got to find a place for these guys.
00:38:29 How come you aren't out doin' the world instead of hangin' around here?
00:40:56 - One, two, three... - Eight years.
00:45:41 Hey, Billy.
00:48:09 ...what better gathering place could they have than a house filled with ex-convicts?
00:50:53 If I turn one of these men in, I'm finished with the cons.
00:53:25 That my halfway house is going to further crime.
00:58:51 Why? About what?
01:01:46 Yes.
01:16:29 Let me go inside. Listen to me! I know this kid. Let me go in there.
01:20:48 You gotta cover your mouth and your nose.
01:24:05 - Just because he's an ex-convict... - That's just it.
01:30:14 In constant session with Jackson's lawyer throughout the day...
01:35:09 I want you to look me right in the eye and nowhere else.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed919
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:04:11
Final line01:35:09
Production Record
DirectorIrvin Kershner
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes510