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| General: Major Films no photo.
Title | Damien, The Leper Priest (1980) (TV Film) | Alternative/Original Title | Father Damien: The Leper Priest | Disability | General Leprosy | Country | USA | Length | 95 | Genre | Historical biography | Rating | ? | Director | Steve Gethers
| Cast | William Daniels Mike Farrell Ken Howard Wilfrid Hyde-White Logan Ramsey David Ogden Stiers
| Notes | There are not many films on this subject so one can only be grateful. But see also below the 1938 version "The Great Heart." Belgian priest, Joseph Damien de Beuster, also known as Father Damien who lived from 1840-89 and worked on the Hawaiian island of Molokai with lepers. He himself got leprosy in 1884 but continued working until his death.
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