In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Bradford Dillman
as Francis Bernardone of Assisi
Dolores Hart
as Clare
Stuart Whitman
as Count Paolo of Vandria
Cecil Kellaway
as Cardinal Hugolino
Eduard Franz
as Pietro Bernardone
Athene Seyler
as Aunt Buona
Finlay Currie
as The Pope
Mervyn Johns
as Brother Juniper
Russell Napier
as Brother Elias
John Welsh
as Canon Cattanei
Harold Goldblatt
as Bernard
Edith Sharpe
as Donna Pica