Directed by:
Jacques TourneurScreenplay:
Margaret FittsCinematography:
Charles Edgar SchoenbaumComposer:
Adolph DeutschCast:
Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale, Lewis Stone, James Mitchell, Amanda Blake, Juano Hernandez, Charles Kemper, Connie Gilchrist, Ed Begley (more)Plots(1)
Folks in Walsburg may want to pay heed to the brace of pistols holstered onto Josiah Gray's hips. In time, they may want to pay even more heed to the Bible in his hand. Gray (Joel McCrea) is the newly arrived parson in the woodsy post-Civil War Tennessee town. And the true test of his strength will come when, during his greatest and most dangerous challenge, he sets aside his six-shooters and relies on his faith. McCrea brings a quiet resolve to this touching tale burnished through the recall of the pastor's impressionable nephew (Dean Stockwell). Based on the novel by Joe David Brown (who would later provide the source novel for Paper Moon), Stars In My Crown shines with a powerful, simple dignity. (official distributor synopsis)
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