The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

7.1/10 • 137 min • Drama

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.

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

Anne Revere

Agnes Fiske

Ruth Nelson

Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

Benson Fong

Joseph

Leonard Strong

Mr. Chia

Philip Ahn

Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia

Arthur Shields

Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

Edith Barrett

Aunt Polly

Sara Allgood

Sister Martha

Richard Loo

Lt. Shon

Ruth Ford

Sister Clotilde

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