Het episodische levensverhaal van de Iers-Amerikaanse priester Stephen Fermoyle. Vanaf zijn inwijding in 1917 tot aan de vooravond van de Tweede Wereldoorlog krijgt Fermoyle te maken met verschillende tegenslagen. De keiharde werkelijkheid van het leven doet hem regelmatig aan zijn geloof twijfelen. Maar het is niet alleen ellende wat op zijn pad komt. Een ontmoeting met de mooie Annemarie is misschien wel de grootste beproeving. Is de liefde het waard om zijn roeping en carrière aan de kant te schuiven?
Nee, helaas is The Cardinal nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Sound | Jerome Moross | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Production Design |
| Production | Otto Preminger | Producer |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Directing | Otto Preminger | Director |
| Art | Gene Callahan | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Henry Morton Robinson | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Dozier | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donald Brooks | Costume Design |
| Production | Martin C. Schute | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bill Barnes | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Eva Monley | Production Manager |
| Directing | Gerry O'Hara | Assistant Director |
| Art | Italo Tomassi | Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurice Seiderman | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Erich von Stroheim Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joe Marks | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Walter Goss | Sound |
| Sound | Peter Thornton | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Henry Weinberger | Production Manager |
| Directing | Hermann Leitner | Assistant Director |
| Art | Fred Bockstahler | Construction Grip |
| Art | Otto Niedermoser | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frederic Jones | Hairdresser |
| Sound | Morris Feingold | Sound |
| Writing | Ring Lardner, Jr. | Screenplay |
| Production | Guy Luongo | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dick Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Harrison Starr | Production Manager |
| Art | Art Cole | Property Master |
| Production | Paul Waldherr | Production Manager |
| Directing | Roberto Fizz | Assistant Director |
| Art | Tom Frewer | Property Master |
| Directing | Bryan Coates | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Red Law | Sound |
| Directing | Bob Vietro | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Harold Lewis | Sound |
| Lighting | Fred Hall | Gaffer |
