The Cross and the Switchblade 1970  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Murray
Cast: Pat Boone, Erik Estrada, Jackelyn Giroux, Jo-Ann Robinson, Dino DePillippi, Don Blakely, Gil Frazier, Don Lamond, Sam Capuano, Alex Colon, Hector Mercado, Stew Silver, Dorothy James, David Connell, Michelle Galjour
David Wilkerson (Pat Boone) is a small-town minister who takes on a mission to stop violence in the ghettos of New York City. Through Little Bo (Jo-Ann Robinson), Wilkerson meets and works with gang leader Nicky Cruz (Erik Estrada) and turns around the lives of many angry, drug-crazed youths.
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Hoodlum Priest 1961  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood, Keir Dullea, Logan Ramsey, Don Joslyn, Sam Capuano, Vince O'Brien, Al Mack, Lou Martini
This film is based on the real-life story of St. Louis priest Charles Dismas Clark, who worked to help juvenile delinquents and rehabilitate ex-convicts. The specific example of Clark's work is provided by the case of ex-convict Billy Lee Jackson (Keir Dullea), whose attempts at rehabilitation went very, very wrong.
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| 1. The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
2. Hoodlum Priest (1961)
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