UNITED STATES · 1947

The Fugitive

John Ford
Classical Hollywood religious persecution political oppression faith under siege priest on the run anti-clericalism
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Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

Year1947
CountryUnited States
DirectorJohn Ford
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