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Saint Joan (1957) was a Drama - Drama Film directed by Otto Preminger and produced by Otto Preminger.

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By RBuccicone on Aug 2, 2011 From MacGuffin Movies

Saint Joan (1957) ???? Given Otto Preminger‘s history with fantastically thrilling mysteries and dramas, I was a bit surprised to find he made a picture based on Bernard Shaw’s play about the plight of Joan of Arc. Possibly of even greater surprise is that Preminger paid for the rights t... Read full article


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De Courcelles: Were you in a state of grace when you stole the Bishop's horse?
Cauchon: The devil take the Bishop's horse.


John de Stogumber: Some of the people laughed at her. They would have laughed at Christ.


John de Stogumber: I didn't know what I was doing. I am a hotheaded fool, and I shall be damned to eternity for it.


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Audrey Hepburn was originally offered the role of Joan. Rumor had it she turned it down because her husband, Mel Ferrer, wasn't offered the role of the Dauphin, but Ferrer denied this.
Screenwriter Graham Greene, a very famous author himself, added some lines to the original Shaw play when he adapted it for the film, such as Warwick's "She'll burn - before the Pope gets to hear of it!"
Kenneth Haigh was cast at short notice replacing a actor who pulled out.
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