The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
"THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION"
Title: The Keys of the Kingdom
Original Title: The Keys of the Kingdom
Release Date: 1944-12-15
Status: Released
Rating: 7/10 (from 50 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
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.
Cast
Gregory Peck
Fr. Francis Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell
Willie Tulloch
Vincent Price
Angus Mealey
Rose Stradner
Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
Roddy McDowall
Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Edmund Gwenn
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Cedric Hardwicke
Monsignor at Tweedside
Peggy Ann Garner
Nora as a Girl
Jane Ball
Nora, as an Adult
James Gleason
Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske