The Keys of the Kingdom
THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION
1944 · 2h 17m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
John M. Stahl
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The Keys of the Kingdom
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.
Director and cast
- John M. Stahl Director
- Gregory Peck as Father Francis Chisholm
- Thomas Mitchell as Willie Tulloch
- Vincent Price as Angus Mealey
- Rose Stradner as Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica (as Rosa Stradner)
- Roddy McDowall as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
- Edmund Gwenn as Father Hamish MacNabb
- Cedric Hardwicke as Monsignor at Tweedside (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
- Peggy Ann Garner Cast
- Jane Ball Cast
- James Gleason Cast
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