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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Director: Michael Anderson
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A dour and thoroughly unconvincing film of Morris West's novel about a Russian bishop who survives twenty years in Siberia to become Pope Zorba, and who undertakes to spend the Church's wealth to stave off nuclear war. At which point you might expect the Vatican to have him quietly bumped off, but there's no such realism here, just weighty performances, rich settings, and David Janssen as a US journalist with domestic troubles.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Anderson
Producer: George Englund
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, Laurence Olivier, David Janssen, Barbara Jefford, Leo McKern, Vittorio De Sica, John Gielgud, Clive Revill, Paul Rogers, Niall MacGinnis full cast
Duration: 157 mins
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