Home Movies TV Series Search Sign in

John Wesley

4.5 77 mins Drama   History   1954
The Rank Organisation   G.H.W. Productions Ltd.  
Director(s): Norman Walker

Release Date: 02 Tue, Mar 1954

Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.

Casts of John Wesley

Leonard Sachs

as John Wesley

Gerard Lohan

as Wesley as a Child

Neil Heayes

as Wesley as a Student

Keith Pyott

as Rev. Samuel Wesley

Curigwen Lewis

as Susannah Wesley

Derek Aylward

as Charles Wesley

Philip Leaver

as Beau Nash

John Witty

as Peter Bohler

Patrick Barton

as George Whitefield

John Slater

as Condemned Man

Patrick Holt

as Thomas Maxfield

Edward Jewesbury

as James Hutton

Neal Arden

as William Holland

Harry Towb

as Michael O'Rory

Andrew Cruickshank

as Georgia Trustee

Erik Chitty

as Georgia Trustee

Joss Ambler

as Georgia Trustee

Milton Rosmer

as Georgia Trustee

You might also like