It’s loosely based on the true story of the youngest boy ever to have run in the Boston Marathon, so you may find yourself hoping that Ralph will defy the cranky school dean, his classmates and his own expectations in this time-worn but winning feel-good comedy about aiming high.

Did Ralph Walker ever win the Boston Marathon?

Both he and Father Hibbert defy Father Fitzpatrick and decide to go to Boston. Ralph ends up winning second place after a close race with the previous year’s winner and gives the medal to his mother who wakes up from her coma.

Who directed Saint Ralph?

Saint Ralph Opens today in New York. Written and directed by Michael McGowan; director of photography, Rene Ohashi; edited by Susan Maggi; music by Andrew Lockington; production designer, Matthew Davies; produced by Seaton McLean, Andrea Mann, Mike Souther and Teza Lawrence; released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Who is the youngest person to run the Boston Marathon?

Timothy Ford (born 1887) was an American long distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in 1906. At the age of eighteen, he is the youngest person ever to have won that race.

What did Alexander Briant do?

Alexander Briant (1556-1581) was a diocesan priest who entered the Jesuits just before he was executed. He studied at Oxford where one his teachers had been Robert Persons who later became a Jesuit and slipped into England with Campion.

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