Veteran Shakespearean player Matheson Lang stars in a suspenseful murder mystery set amid the intrigue and power struggles of Renaissance Rome. Co-starring Eric Portman and featuring an early role for luminescent Four Feathers lead June Duprez, The Cardinal is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Rome, 1570. The Cardinal, Giovanni de Medici, is at loggerheads with the brutal General Belmonte, his greatest rival. When the General commits murder and pins it on the Cardinal's young brother, it seems... that the Cardinal's hands are tied for he has been told of the murder under the seal of secrecy afforded by the Confessional...SPECIAL FEATURE: Image Gallery [show more]
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Matheson Lang and Eric Portman star in this historical British drama directed by Sinclair Hill. Set in Rome in 1570, the film charts the rivalry between Cardinal Giovanni de Medici (Lang) and General Belmonte (Robert Atkins). The General carries out a brutal murder and confesses his sins to the Cardinal but rather than accept the punishment for his crime, the General has the Cardinal's brother arrested for the murder. With the Cardinal bound by the Seal of the Confessional, is there anything he can do to oppose Belmonte?
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