A Man Called Peter
by Henry Koster
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Actor: Jean Peters, Jill Esmond, Les Tremayne, Marjorie Rambeau, Richard ToddDirector: Henry Koster
Cinematographer: Harold Lipstein
Editor: Robert L. Simpson
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Writer: Catherine Marshall
Writer: Eleanore Griffin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.55:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of A Man Called Peter
Movie Review: Hollywood makes a movie about a pastor - and does a very good job
Summary: 5 Stars
Peter Marshall was not an extraordinary man or preacher but the biography his wife wrote about him struck a nerve with returning GI's in the late 40's and early 50's. These were men who had had enough of the horrors of war and who were seeking the stability of church and family life. The book became an enormous bestseller (it was in the top ten for 120 weeks). Anyone reading it today may wonder what the fuss was all about. There are plenty of dedicated men in ministry who preach as well or better than Marshall did and yet no one writes books about them. What made the book a phenomenon was its perfect timing. People were hungry for a contemporary masculine Christian role model and Marshall had just passed away in 1949. Marshall was handsome, charming, athletic, manly, and a "pick yourself up by the bootstraps" success story (he worked himself out of poverty in his homeland of Scotland and ended up US Senate chaplain). He made faith and reverence appear to be essential character traits of the well-rounded, fully developed man. Women were attracted to him; men aspired to be more like him. Sounds good to me.
We don't expect Hollywood to make a good film about a Christian pastor. Oh, they can handle the big epics all right; glitz and spectacle are right up their alley. But a film about a man of faith - a man who has very little that is spectacular happening on the surface of his life - this is not something that Hollywood shows much interest in. Hollywood actually pulls it off here. Here's a film that is never sanctimonious, usually entertaining in a light drama sort of way, always sincere, and sometimes quite moving (Marshall's sermon on the afterlife given at Annapolis is truly affecting. I don't think that I will ever see a more sincere presentation in film of the hope of Christianity. The actor did a magnificent job). AMCP is full of sunlight and goodness. It's impressively filmed in expensive Cinemascope (the dvd presentation is wide screen).
I could complain about a few things (Jean Peters gives a silly talk about women's equality and how it supposedly has led to lower morals) but only a few. This is a good film. Recommended.
Summary of A Man Called Peter
Richard Todd delivers a thoroughly winning performance as Peter Marshall, the Scottish-born minister who became Chaplain of the U.S. Senate. While still a boy, Peter wants only to go to sea. But as a young man he experiences a profound awakening which leaves him with the unwavering conviction that he has been called upon to do the Lord's work. He completes his religious training in the United States, where he presides over several congregations. A compelling speaker who believes religion should be fun, Marshall inspires young people to renew their interest in the church, and his ministries prosper. Eventually, he becomes pastor of the prestigious Church of the Presidents, in Washington D.C. and is asked to serve as spiritual guide for the Senate. Co-starring Jean Peters as Marshall's devoted wife, Catherine, "A Man Called Peter" is the deeply moving tale of "a man and his close friendship with God"Drama DVD Video
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