Before he became 'the Good Pope,' he was smuggling Jews past Hitler's death machine.
During World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.
Acting
Raymond Burr's unexpected warmth—Perry Mason as gentle savior.
Writing
Sharp 60-minute economy, no Vatican melodrama padding.
Director
Buzz Kulik
Raymond Burr
Angelo Roncalli, Pope John XXIII
Don Galloway
Monsignor Thomas Ryan
David Opatoshu
Rabbi Isaac Herzog
John Colicos
Numan Menemengioglu
Henry Darrow
Calheiros de Menezes
Eric Braeden
Col. Gunter Kroll
Scott Hylands
Captain Melech Ben Zvi
Aliza Gur
Rachel Friedman
Peter von Zerneck
Ambassador Franz Von Pappen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 1973, this aired months before Pope John XXIII's canonization cause opened—essentially a prime-time hagiography with Burr's star power.
Eric Braeden (Colonel Kroll) would later win an Emmy as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless—Nazi villain to soap opera patriarch in one career.
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