The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

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.

Date of release
1944-12-15
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (56)
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
Drama
Director
John M. Stahl

Casting

  • 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

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