The Reluctant Saint

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.

• John FanteWriter
• Edward DmytrykDirector
• Joseph PetraccaWriter
• Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer

• Maximilian SchellGiuseppe
• Ricardo MontalbanDon Raspi
• Lea PadovaniGiuseppe's Mother
• Akim TamiroffBishop Durso
• Harold GoldblattFather Giovanni- 'The Father Guardian'
• Arnoldo FoàFelixa- Giuseppe's Father
• Carlo CroccoloThe Gobbo- the Hunchback
• Giulio BosettiBrother Orlando
• Armand MestralCast
• Elisa CeganiSister Nunziata
• Giacomo Rossi StuartCast
• Tonio SelwartExamining Prelate