The Cross and the Switchblade was a huge, total disappointment. Whoever directed it should have been shot, sigh. The crazy people put the setting in the LATE 60's and made the kids all look like chubby little hippies with flowers in their hair. WRONG!!! they should have looked more like "West Side Story" hoodlums of the early 60's and late 50's. Pat Boone kept saying, "Would you shake the hand of a skinny preacher?" But when he turns sideways, his derrière looks anything but skinny. The casting is just poor, so poor. The movie follows the book, but just barely. The absolute worst scene was Nicky's conversion to Christianity. It would remind you of a toothpaste advertisement. Whoever made this movie surely couldn't have been a Christian and doesn't have a clue. Read the book, don't waste your time with the movie
Review of The Cross and the Switchblade
