The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION
1944 · NR · 2h 17m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: John M. Stahl
Writers: Nunnally Johnson, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A.J. Cronin
Music by: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Arthur C. Miller
Editor: James B. Clark
Box office: $2M · Budget: $3M · Rated 7.1/10 by 52 viewers
Cast
Gregory Peck as Fr. Francis ChisholmThomas Mitchell as Willie TullochVincent Price as Angus MealeyRose Stradner as Reverend Mother Maria-VeronicaRoddy McDowall as Francis Chisholm, as a boyEdmund Gwenn as Fr. Hamish MacNabbCedric Hardwicke as Monsignor at TweedsidePeggy Ann Garner as Nora as a GirlJane Ball as Nora, as an AdultJames Gleason as Rev. Dr. Wilbur FiskeAnne Revere as Agnes FiskeRuth Nelson as Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' MotherMore like this
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