- Country: Italy, USA
- Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1962-11-02
- Director: Edward Dmytryk
- Writers: John Fante , Joseph Petracca
- Language: English | Latin
- Stars: Maximilian Schell , Ricardo Montalban , Lea Padovani , Akim Tamiroff , Harold Goldblatt , Arnoldo Foà , Carlo Croccolo , Giulio Bosetti , Armand Mestral , Elisa Cegani
- Runtime: 105 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Reluctant Saint (Canada) , A különös szent: Copertinói Szent József élete (Hungary) , El hombre que no quiso ser santo (Spain) , Święty mimo woli (Poland) , The Reluctant Saint (United States of America) , Sfântul ezitant (Romania) , El hombre que no quería ser santo (Spain) , Ein sonderbarer Heiliger , El santo renuente (Mexico) , Cronache di un convento (Italy) , O Santo Relutante (Brazil) , The Reluctant Saint , Ein sonderbarer Heiliger (Austria) , Miracle à Cupertino (France, French Republic) , Joseph Desa (United Kingdom)
- Plot: Joseph of Cupertino, a simple young man thought by many in his village to be an idiot, is pressured to enter a monastery. He does so, and surprises everyone by passing the entrance exam to study for the priesthood. But this is only the first of many surprises from the man who would become Saint Joseph Cupertino.
- IMDB:tt0056403
Joseph Desa Cast · · · ALL
Edward Dmytryk
Director
Maximilian Schell
Giuseppe
Ricardo Montalban
Don Raspi
Lea Padovani
Giuseppe's Mother
Akim Tamiroff
Bishop Durso
Harold Goldblatt
Father Giovanni- 'The Father Guardian'
Arnoldo Foà
Felixa- Giuseppe's Father
Carlo Croccolo
The Gobbo- the Hunchback
Giulio Bosetti
Brother Orlando
Armand Mestral
Elisa Cegani
Sister
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Tonio Selwart
Examining Prelate
Odoardo Spadaro
Mino Doro
Bruno Cattaneo
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Mel Welles
Walter Maslow
Ed McCready
Alberto Lolli
Curt Lowens
David Maunsell
Sandro Merli
Gustavo De Nardo
Cyrus Elias