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The Village Priest is a Canadian drama film, directed by Paul Gury and released in 1949. The film stars Ovila Légaré as a smalltown Roman Catholic priest whose skills as a spiritual and moral leader of the community are tested when Leblanc, a criminal fugitive originally from the town, returns home to see his estranged daughter Juliette on the eve of her wedding to Lionel Théberge.