Main Cast: Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond, Les Tremayne, Billy Chapin
Release Year: 1955
Country: US
Run Time: 119 minutes
Plot
A Man Called Peter is the story of Scottish-born Presbyterian minister and world-renowned author Peter Marshall, here played by Richard Todd. In his youth, Marshall moves to Washington DC, where he becomes pastor of the Church of the Presidents. His wisdom and conviction enables Marshall to communicate with men of all faiths. In private life, the pastor is given moral support by his loyal wife Catherine Marshall (Jean Peters). At the time of his comparatively early death, Marshall has become chaplain of the US Senate. Interestingly enough, while Marshall and his family are identified by name, the peripheral political characters are given fictional monickers--and sometimes, as in the case of the President played by William Forrest, no names at all. Director Henry Koster expertly avoids filming Marshall's sermons in a static, declamatory fashion. As Catherine Marshall, Jean Peters does wonders with a comparatively limited role; her best scene is her last, when she overcomes her lifelong fear of the ocean for the sake of her son (Billy Chapin). A Man Called Peter was certainly not conceived out of any box-office considerations, but it still paid its way. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Gladys Hurlbut - Mrs. Peyton; Richard Garrick - Col. Whiting; Gloria Gordon - Barbara Tremaine; Sally Corner - Mrs. Whiting; Voltaire Perkins - Senator Wiley; Marietta Canty - Emma; Edward Earle - Sen. Prescott; Peter J. Votrian - Peter Marshall, Ages 7 to 14; Janet Stewart - Nancy; Ann B. Davis - Ruby Coleman; Sam McDaniel - Maitre d'; Betty Caulfield - Jane Whitney; Oliver Hartwell - Janitor; Doris Lloyd - Miss Hopkins; William Forrest - President; Barbara Morrison - Miss Standish; Carlyle Mitchell - Dr. Black; Amanda Randolph - Willie; Ricky Kelman - Peter, Age 5 1/2; Emmett Lynn - Mr. Briscoe; William Walker - Butler; Charles Evans - President of Senate; Alexander Campbell - Elder; Jonathan Hole - Elder; Larry Kent - Chaplain; Roy E. Glenn, Jr. - Holden; Ruth Clifford - Nurse; Ben Wright - Mr. Findlay; Florence MacAfee - Mrs. Ferguson; Christopher Cook - Bon Hunter; Winston Severn - David Weed; Maudie Prickett - Mrs. Pike; Robert Burton - Mr. Peyton; Dorothy Neumann - Miss Crilly
