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.
The Hoodlum Priest has generally received positive reviews.
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The Hoodlum Priest was released in 1961 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving The Hoodlum Priest (1961) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Hoodlum Priest a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 62%, The Hoodlum Priest is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1961, which stands at 60%.
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