Soviet Union, dressed in civilian clothing, to meet privately with Kamenev and Chinese Chairman Peng to discuss the ongoing crisis. Pope Kiril realises that if the troubles in China continue, the cost could be a war that could rip the world apart. At his papal coronation, Kiril removes his papal tiara and pledges to sell the church's property to help the Chinese, much to the delight of the crowds in St. Peter's Square below. This revolutionary action brings the world a new chance at peace. Cast Production Film rights were bought by MGM in 1964. They assigned it to producer George Englund who was to write the script with Morris West. (Englund was also making Dark of the Sun for the studio.) Anthony Quinn was announced as the star of the film relatively early. The original director was to be British director Anthony Asquith, but he became ill in November 1967 (and eventually died a few months later) and was replaced by Michael Anderson. Englund asked for technical advice from the Vatican but received no permission to film there, so places like the Sistine Chapel had to be recreated. The papal tiara used for the coronation scene in the film is modeled after Pope Paul VI's papal tiara. The ending of the film was changed from the book. Morris West said: Structurally speaking I've always thought The Shoes of the Fisherman was one of my weaker books. It wanders too much. The script for the film is tighter, more direct and I think it says in a stronger way part of what I wanted to say in the novel. We've come to a point in history where men – black or white, Marxist or capitalist, Christian or non Christian – are going to have to make a choice. They're either going to have to commit themselves to an act of love for each other or an act of hate for each other. Men on each side have to say: "Look we're all brothers. Why do we kill each other in the streets? Don't let's drop the atomic bomb. Let's talk for one hour more." Today this is the real triumph of good over evil. It's what I've tried to put into the last speech for the film. Morris West said he spent months working on a scene where Telemond was questioned by the Inquisition. He says eventually the scene worked