In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.

Bradford Dillman
as Francis Bernardone of Assisi

Dolores Hart
as Clare

Stuart Whitman
as Count Paolo of Vandria

Cecil Kellaway
as Cardinal Hugolino

Eduard Franz
as Pietro Bernardone

Athene Seyler
as Aunt Buona

Finlay Currie
as The Pope

Mervyn Johns
as Brother Juniper

Russell Napier
as Brother Elias

John Welsh
as Canon Cattanei
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This might have been better had Michael Curtiz cast it better, as it is Bradford Dillman delivers us quite an undercooked offering as the eponymous character from 13th Century Italy. The film is colourful and the story gets an authentic Hollywood makeover, but somehow the sentiment of this man who s...