The Twinkle In God's Eye

A reverend goes West to a town where the Indians killed his priest-father and burned his church but the local townsfolk are keener about cash than religion.

Cast

Mickey Rooney

as Rev. William Macklin II

Hugh O'Brian

as Marty Callahan

Coleen Gray

as Laura

Don 'Red' Barry

as Dawson

Mike Connors

as Lou

Jerry Forman

as Ted

Clem Bevans

as Prospector

Dick Elliott

as Lumber salesman

Joseph Crehan

as Doctor

Stanley Andrews

as Sheriff

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