The Restless Ones (1965)
The first Christian film ever released in theaters, The Restless Ones took viewers into the “turbulent world of teenagers,” with scenes that illustrated such teen problems as peer pressure, dating, drugs and more. Christianity Today reported at the time that more than two million people saw the film in theaters, and more than 120,000 professions of faith were recorded. The film starred Georgia Lee, Robert Sampson, Kim Darby (True Grit), Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman), and Billy Graham.
Kathie Lee Gifford told the TODAY show that she came to faith in the theater at a screening of The Restless Ones.
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