The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

  • NR
  • 12/15/1944 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 17m

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

Overview

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.

John M. Stahl

Director

A.J. Cronin

Novel

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

Cast

Gregory Peck's headshot

Gregory Peck

Fr. Francis Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell's headshot

Thomas Mitchell

Willie Tulloch
Vincent Price's headshot

Vincent Price

Angus Mealey
Rose Stradner's headshot

Rose Stradner

Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
Roddy McDowall's headshot

Roddy McDowall

Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Edmund Gwenn's headshot

Edmund Gwenn

Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Cedric Hardwicke's headshot

Cedric Hardwicke

Monsignor at Tweedside
Peggy Ann Garner's headshot

Peggy Ann Garner

Nora as a Girl

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