The Cross and the Switchblade (film)
The Cross and the Switchblade is a 1970 American crime film directed by Don Murray. It stars Pat Boone as David Wilkerson, a Christian evangelist, and Erik Estrada as Nicky Cruz, a teen gang member whose life was transformed by Wilkerson's ministry. The film was based on a non-fiction book of the same name, The Cross and the Switchblade.
Theatrical release poster
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer, actor and composer.
Boone in 1960
Boone's handprints and shoe prints in front of The Great Movie Ride at Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios
Pat and Debby Boone singing to a fan in Washington, D.C., 1997
Boone at CPAC in February 2011