The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St Louis Jesuit priest Rev Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young exconvicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that fears and rejects them An especially wrenching case for the Reverend is Billy Lee Jackson a troubled thief whose personal demons constantly tempt him back to a life of crime and may ultimately make him pay the highest price for a few desperate decisions