He Came From Nowhere & Killed a Man He'd Never Seen!
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
- 6.5
- 1961
- Released
- 1h 28m
Nigel Patrick
Father Edward John Carey
Yvonne Mitchell
Miss Mary Floyd
William Bendix
James Ronald Mulcahy
Aldo Ray
Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
Cyril Cusack
Prosecuting Counsel O'Brien
Bernie Winters
Photographer
Niall MacGinnis
Defending Counsel Sullivan
Noel Purcell
Brother Timothy
Eddie Byrne
Landlord O'Connor
John Welsh
Judge
Joe Lynch
Tinker
Jimmy O'Dea
Postman Tim
Frank O'Donovan
Garda
T. P. McKenna
Garda
May Craig
Tinker's Mother
Norman Rodway
Father Healey
Michael Brennan
Supt. Lynch
J.G. Devlin
Caretaker
Christopher Casson
Father BernardReleased
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Reviews
"Mulcahy" (William Bendix) is a bit of a stirrer. Amidst a deeply religious Irish community, he invites the wrath of god by daring the deity to strike him down. To the shock of the crowd, that's exactly what happens. Thing is, it isn't a thunderbolt - but a bullet fired from a gun by a bystander. He makes no attempt to escape, and only adds to the enigma when the police can find no clue as to his