The Devil's Advocate (1977)

Directors

Guy Green

Cast

Daniel Massey, Jack Hedley, Jason Miller, John Mills, Leigh Lawson, Paola Pitagora, Patrick Mower, Raf Vallone, Romolo Valli, Stéphane Audran, Timothy West

The story

In 1958, the Catholic Church is investigating the case of a mysterious individual, Giacomo Nerone (Leigh Lawson), who is said to have performed miracles in a remote village in Southern Italy (Scontrone), before being executed by Italian Communist partisans in 1944. The process involves a "Devil's advocate", who is tasked with discovering any details about the subject's life which would indicate that canonisation would be inappropriate. Monsignor Blaise Meredith (John Mills) is given this responsibility, shortly after he learns he has terminal cancer.

Genres

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…