''Messenger of Peace'' is a 1947 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Frank Strayer
Frank Raymond Strayer (September 21, 1891 – February 3, 1964) was an actor, film writer, director and producer. He was active from the mid-1920s until the early 1950s. He directed a series of 14 '' Blondie!'' (1938) movies as well.
Biography
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, which stars
John Beal,
Peggy Stewart, and
Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle () (born April 28, 1949) is an American television and film actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He retu ...
. The screenplay was written by
Glenn Tryon
Glenn Tryon (born Glenn Monroe Kunkel; August 2, 1898 – April 18, 1970) was an American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1923 and 1951.
Biography
He was born as Glenn Monroe Kunke ...
from an original story by Henry Rische. It was produced by the
Lutheran Laymen's League
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, a men's association affiliated with the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
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as part of their centennial celebration.
Cast list
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John Beal as Rev. Armin Ritter
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Peggy Stewart as Evangeline Lockley
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Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle () (born April 28, 1949) is an American television and film actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He retu ...
as Peter Kerl
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Fred Essler
Fred Essler (born Fritz Essler; 13 February 1895 – 17 January 1973) was an American actor. He worked film, television and on stage.
He was born Fritz Essler, on 13 February 1895 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, (now Austria); and, died on, 17 Janu ...
as Hans Dacher
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Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Adeline De Walt Reynolds (September 19, 1862 – August 13, 1961) was an American character actress who made her film debut at the age of 78 playing the grandmother of James Stewart in '' Come Live with Me'' (1941). She continued to act in films ...
as Grandma Frommel
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Raphael Bennett as Gus Frommel
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Maudie Prickett
Maudie Prickett (born Maudie Marie Doyle; October 25, 1914 – April 14, 1976) was an American character actress who performed in over 300 stage, film, and television productions during a career that spanned nearly four decades.
Death
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as Matty Frommel
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Al Bridges as Harry Franzmeier
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Elizabeth Kerr
Elizabeth Kerr (August 15, 1912 – January 13, 2000) was an American actress, theatre producer and director.
Early years
Kerr was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of John and Anna Kerr. She attended Northwestern University a ...
as Lottie Franzmeier
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William Gould as Jacob Torgel
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Edythe Elliott
Edythe Elliott (born Edythe Fletcher; July 14, 1886 – April 9, 1978) was an American character actress active primarily during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Biography
Edythe Elliott was born in San Francisco, California where her parents were ...
as Hilda Torgel
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Brooke Shane Brooke may refer to:
People
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* Brooke (surname)
* Brooke baronets, families of baronets with the surname Brooke
Places
* Brooke, Norfolk, England
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* Brooke, Virginia, US
* Brooke's Point, ...
as Magda Torgel
* Joe Brown Jr. as Ted Horner
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William Bakewell
William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was an American actor who achieved his greatest fame as one of the leading juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Early years
Bakewell was a native of Los Angeles, where he at ...
as Pastor Willie Von Adel Jr.
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1947 drama films
1947 films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Frank R. Strayer
Films about Christianity
Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
1940s American films
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