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The Fugitive
UNITED STATES · 1947

The Fugitive

John Ford
religious persecution political oppression faith under siege priest on the run anti-clericalism
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Synopsis

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

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