Nine Catholics walked into a draft office with napalm. Faith met fire in '68.
On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They removed military draft records, took them outside, and set them afire with napalm.
Writing
Dialogue lifted from actual trial transcripts—no Hollywood padding.
Acting
Flanders captures Berrigan's unsettling calm under fire.
Direction
Davidson strips away spectacle, lets words burn instead.
Director
Gordon Davidson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Berrigan became the first Catholic priest on the FBI's Most Wanted list; this film was shot while he was underground.
Gordon Davidson was a theatre director making his film debut; the stage origins show in the claustrophobic single-location intensity.
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