Johnny Nobody (1961)
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He Came From Nowhere & Killed a Man He'd Never Seen!
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
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William BendixJames Ronald Mulcahy
Nigel PatrickFather Edward John Carey
Yvonne MitchellMiss Mary Floyd
Aldo RayMark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
Cyril CusackProsecuting Counsel O'Brien
Niall MacGinnisDefending Counsel Sullivan
Bernie WintersPhotographer
Noel PurcellBrother Timothy
Eddie ByrneLandlord O'Connor
John WelshJudgeMay CraigBlind WomanKeywords
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When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
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Johnny Nobody has a runtime of 88 minutes.
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