---
title: 'The Village Priest (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Gury'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 5
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-village-priest-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041273/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Village Priest (1949)

1949 · 5 min · Canada


## Synopsis

The Village Priest is a Canadian drama film, directed by Paul Gury and released in 1949. The film stars Ovila Légaré as a smalltown Roman Catholic priest whose skills as a spiritual and moral leader of the community are tested when Leblanc, a criminal fugitive originally from the town, returns home to see his estranged daughter Juliette on the eve of her wedding to Lionel Théberge.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Gury](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-gury), [Oscar Marcoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-marcoux)

## Cast

- [Camille Ducharme](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-ducharme)
- [Juliette Huot](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-huot)
- [Claude Robillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-robillard)
- [Blanche Gauthier](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-gauthier)
- [Ernest Guimond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-guimond)
- [Lise Roy (singer)](https://cinepixo.com/people/lise-roy-singer)
- [Paul Guèvremont](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-guevremont)
- [Eugène Daignault](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-daignault)
- [Fannie Tremblay](https://cinepixo.com/people/fannie-tremblay)
- [Charles Landry](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-landry)
- [Françoise Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-sullivan)
- [Guy Mauffette](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-mauffette)
- [Denis Drouin](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-drouin)
- [Ovila Légaré](https://cinepixo.com/people/ovila-legare)
- [Denise Proulx](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-proulx)

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