Billy: The Early Years

==Plot==
A reporter ([[Jennifer O'Neill]]) is interviewing [[Charles Templeton]] on his deathbed. Told through the eyes of Templeton, the film shows Billy Graham’s life as a teenager during the [[Great Depression]] living at the family dairy farm in North Carolina. During this time, Graham becomes a Christian at a [[tent revival]] meeting. Later, Graham goes to [[Bob Jones University|Bob Jones College]], then transfers to [[Florida Bible Institute]] after being identified as a failure by [[Bob Jones, Sr.]] Following his time at Florida Bible Institute, Graham goes to Wheaton College where he falls in love with classmate Ruth Bell, whom he ultimately marries. In the 1940s, Templeton and Graham become close until Templeton's [[scientific skepticism]] causes him to lose his faith and his friendship with Graham. The film finishes with Graham inviting his listeners to accept Christ as their personal savior in his [[Los Angeles Crusade (1949)|Los Angeles crusade]] of 1949.