The Cardinal

Otto Preminger (director)
Henry Morton Robinson (novel)
Sam Shaw (photographer)
Robert Dozier (screenwriter)
Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley (starring)

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1963. Three vintage color studio still photographs from the 1963 film.

Based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Henry Morton Robinson, detailing the life of a young American priest who must face numerous moral dilemmas, the rise of Nazis, and growing bigotry while he rises into power within the church. The story is based in part on the career of Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York (1939–1967).

Shot on location in Boston.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #168179]