The Cardinal

Infobox Film
name = The Cardinal


caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Otto Preminger
producer = Martin C. Schute
writer = Robert Dozier
narrator =
starring = Tom Tryon
Romy Schneider
Carol Lynley
Jill Haworth
music = Jerome Moross
cinematography = Leon Shamroy
editing = Louis R. Loeffler
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|United States December 12, 1963
flagicon|UK December 20, 1963
flagicon|Germany January 17, 1964
runtime = 175 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:8177
imdb_id = 0056907::"For the 1641 James Shirley play, see The Cardinal (play)""The Cardinal" is a 1963 film which was produced independently and directed by Otto Preminger, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel by Henry Morton Robinson. The film was shot on locations in Boston, Rome and Vienna. The film's music score was written by Jerome Moross.

Plot

The film shows the life of a fictional Irish American, Roman Catholic priest, Stephen Fermoyle, played by Tom Tryon, from his ordination in 1917 to his appointment as a cardinal on the eve of World War II. Fermoyle goes through one crisis after another, first in his own family and then as he climbs up the ladder of the church hierarchy back in his Boston parish and later in Rome within the Vatican. The film touches on various social issues such as interfaith marriage, sex outside of marriage, abortion, racial bigotry, the rise of Fascism, and war. Tom Tryon portrays Fermoyle as a priest grappling with the moral dimensions of the crises he must face. Actor Tryon worked with Preminger one more time in "In Harm's Way" (1965).

Awards

Preminger was nominated for a Best Director Academy Award, as was John Huston, who was nominated for his acting (in a supporting role) (He did, however, win the Golden Globe). Huston's role as Cardinal Glennon was his official debut as an actor although he had previously played bit roles in several films including his own "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". Other nominations were for Best Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler and set decorator Gene Callahan), Best Costume Design (Donald Brooks), and Best Film Editing (Louis R. Loeffler).

Cast

*Tom Tryon as Stephen Fermoyle
*Romy Schneider as Annemarie von Hartman
*Carol Lynley as Mona Fermoyle/Regina Fermoyle
*Jill Haworth as Lalage Menton
*Maggie McNamara as Florrie Fermoyle
*Burgess Meredith as Rev. Ned Halley
*Raf Vallone as Cardinal Quarenghi
*Josef Meinrad as Cardinal Innitzer
*Tullio Carminati as Cardinal Giacobbi
*Dorothy Gish as Celia Fermoyle
*Bill Hayes as Frank Fermoyle
*John Saxon as Benny Rampell
*Cecil Kellaway as Monsignor Monaghan
*Ossie Davis as Father Gillis
*John Huston as Cardinal Glennon

External links

*imdb title|id=0056907|title=The Cardinal