Journey Into Light

Journey Into Light (1951)

The story of a man who turned his back on God!

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.

Date of release
1951-09-28
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
Stuart Heisler

Casting

Interesting facts

Journey into Light is a 1951 American crime film noir directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Sterling Hayden.

Production

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Oscar Godbout called the film "a sermon without fire" and wrote: "Stuart Heisler, the director, made an heroic attempt to show the ravaging doubt that time and again knocked Hayden flat. Merely showing, however, even with authentic scenes of derelict-laden gutters, is not necessarily convincing.

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