From Morris L. West's bestseller, The Shoes of the Fisherman is both an urgent tale of geopolitical intrigue and a fascinating look at Vatican procedure. Anthony Quinn plays a newly-freed Russian political prisoner thrust into the spotlight as Pope Kiril Lakota.
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Written by
James Kennaway (writer); John Patrick (writer); Morris L. West (novel).
Starring
Anthony Quinn (Kiril Lakota); Laurence Olivier (Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (as Sir Laurence Olivier)); Oskar Werner (Fr. David Telemond); David Janssen (George Faber); Vittorio De Sica (Cardinal Rinaldi); Leo McKern (Cardinal Leone); John Gielgud (The Elder Pope (as Sir John Gielgud)); Barbara Jefford (Dr. Ruth Faber); Rosemary Dexter (Chiara); Frank Finlay (Igor Bounin); Burt Kwouk (Peng); Arnoldo Foà (Gelasio); Paul Rogers (Augustinian); George Pravda (Gorshenin); Clive Revill (Vucovich). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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