I know much more about books than movies.

1954
I can't be certain whether this was intentional, especially since I haven't seen it brought up anywhere else, but Steve becoming a priest fits very well as a veiled coming-out:
- "Ma, Dad, there's something I want to tell you. I don't want you to think I haven't given this a lot of thought, but..."
- The immediate concerns are that he's too young to know this is what he wants and that he'll regret missing out on having a…