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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 02/25/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Religious Drama See Also: The Cardinal

Tom Tryon plays the title role in this Otto Preminger version of the Henry Morton Robinson novel. In his matriculation from Monsignor to the College of Cardinals, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) must undergo several grueling life experiences: standing up to bigots in Georgia, defying Nazis in Austria, and so on. The film boasts cameo appearances by Dorothy Gish, Cecil Kellaway, John Saxon, John Huston, Robert Morse, Burgess Meredith, Raf Vallone, Ossie Davis. Incidentally, Tryon eventually quit acting and became a popular novelist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tom Tryon - Stephen Fermoyle
Carol Lynley - Mona/Regina Fermoyle
Dorothy Gish - Celia
Romy Schneider - Annemarie
Maggie McNamara - Florrie
John Huston - Cardinal Glennon
Raf Vallone - Cardinal Quarenghi

Otto Preminger's award-winning religious drama The Cardinal arrives on DVD with this fine two-disc set. The film itself is presented in a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a full-length documentary on the director tracing his decades long career, a making-of featurette produced at the time of the film's production, and the original theatrical trailer. This is a quality release from Warner Bros. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide