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.
Francis Bernardone of Assisi
Bradford Dillman
Clare
Dolores Hart
Count Paolo of Vandria
Stuart Whitman
Cardinal Hugolino
Cecil Kellaway
Pietro Bernardone
Eduard Franz
Aunt Buona
Athene Seyler
The Pope
Finlay Currie
Brother Juniper
Mervyn Johns
Brother Elias
Russell Napier
Canon Cattanei
John Welsh
Bernard
Harold Goldblatt
Donna Pica
Edith Sharpe
Father Livoni
Oliver Johnston
Bishop Guido
Malcolm Keen
Scefi
Jack Lambert
The Sultan
Pedro Armendáriz