The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

70

2h 17m

  • 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

    Gregory Peck

    Fr. Francis Chisholm

  • Thomas Mitchell

    Thomas Mitchell

    Willie Tulloch

  • Vincent Price

    Vincent Price

    Angus Mealey

  • Rose Stradner

    Rose Stradner

    Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica

  • Roddy McDowall

    Roddy McDowall

    Francis Chisholm, as a boy

  • Edmund Gwenn

    Edmund Gwenn

    Fr. Hamish MacNabb

  • Cedric Hardwicke

    Cedric Hardwicke

    Monsignor at Tweedside

  • Peggy Ann Garner

    Peggy Ann Garner

    Nora as a Girl

  • Jane Ball

    Jane Ball

    Nora, as an Adult

  • James Gleason

    James Gleason

    Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske

  • Anne Revere

    Anne Revere

    Agnes Fiske

  • Ruth Nelson

    Ruth Nelson

    Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

  • Benson Fong

    Benson Fong

    Joseph

  • Leonard Strong

    Leonard Strong

    Mr. Chia

  • Philip Ahn

    Philip Ahn

    Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia

  • Arthur Shields

    Arthur Shields

    Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

  • Edith Barrett

    Edith Barrett

    Aunt Polly

  • Sara Allgood

    Sara Allgood

    Sister Martha

  • Richard Loo

    Richard Loo

    Lt. Shon

  • Ruth Ford

    Ruth Ford

    Sister Clotilde

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    Status

    Released (Dec 15, 1944)

    Budget

    $3,000,000

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