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| The Reluctant Saint | |
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 VHS cover for the film | |
| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
| Written by | John Fante Joseph Petracca |
| Produced by | Edward Dmytryk John R. Sloan |
| Starring | Maximilian Schell Ricardo Montalbán Lea Padovani Akim Tamiroff |
| Cinematography | C.M. Pennington-Richards |
| Edited by | Manuel del Campo |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
Production company | Dmytryk-Weiler Production |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (UK) Davis-Royal Films (US) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Italy United States |
| Language | English |
The Reluctant Saint is a 1962 American-Italian historical comedy drama film which tells the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
It stars Maximilian Schell as Giuseppe Desa, as well as Ricardo Montalbán, Lea Padovani, Akim Tamiroff, and Harold Goldblatt. The movie was written by John Fante and Joseph Petracca and directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was made in Rome, with the sets designed by the art director, Mario Chiari.