Richard Moll as Joseph Smith? The 7-foot sitcom giant goes biblical. I need to see this.
The life of Brigham Young, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the better part of the 1800s, founder of Salt Lake City and the first governor of the Utah Territory.
Acting
Richard Moll's unlikely prophet casting is camp history.
Production
Zero-budget pioneer life that somehow got made.
Director
Tom McGowan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Moll was simultaneously filming Night Court seasons while playing Joseph Smith, making this possibly the only time a sitcom bailiff portrayed a murdered religious prophet.
Produced by the LDS Church's own BYU motion picture studio during their 1970s expansion into feature-length propaganda—this was literally Sunday school curriculum with a film permit.
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