The Playground

Oct 3, 1965

1h 35m

★ 0.0

Overview

A religious prostitute who sees an atheist client die after blaspheming believes the next man she runs into is Jesus.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

General Films

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Cast

Thomas Smith

Rees Vaughn

Eva

Inger Stratton

Jason Porter

Edmon Ryan

Mrs. Porter

Andrea Blayne

Mary

Loretta Leversee

Father Williams

Richard Kilbride

Mrs. Williams

Marian Blake

Dr. Ronald

Peter MacLean

Virginia Williams

Carol White

Dr. Jacques

Conrad Jameson

John

Roger Talbot

Clayton

Stanley Greene

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.

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