When Father Brown is entrusted with transporting a valuable religious artifact from London to Rome, he's understandably upset when it's stolen from him. Brown has reason to believe that a notorious international thief lifted the cross he was carrying, and the good Father finds himself on a dual-purpose mission: to recover the stolen goods and to compel the thief to repent before God.
Directed by
Robert Hamer
Written by
G.K. Chesterton (stories); Thelma Schnee (adaptation); Thelma Schnee (screenplay); Maurice Rapf (screenplay) (originally uncredited); Robert Hamer (screenplay).
Starring
Alec Guinness (Father Brown); Joan Greenwood (Lady Warren); Peter Finch (Flambeau); Cecil Parker (The Bishop); Bernard Lee (Inspector Valentine); Sid James (Parkinson); Gérard Oury (Inspector Dubois); Ernest Clark (Bishop's Secretary); Aubrey Woods (Charlie); John Salew (Station sergeant); Sam Kydd (Scotland Yard sergeant); John Horsley (Inspector Wilkins); Jack McNaughton (Railway Guard); Hugh Dempster (Man in bowler); Eugene Deckers (French Cavalry Officer). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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