The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
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.
- Released
- 1944-12-15
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John M. Stahl, Nunnally Johnson, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 56 votes
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Fr. Francis Chisholm
- Thomas Mitchell as Willie Tulloch
- Vincent Price as Angus Mealey
- Rose Stradner as Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
- Roddy McDowall as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
- Edmund Gwenn as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
- Cedric Hardwicke as Monsignor at Tweedside
- Peggy Ann Garner as Nora as a Girl
- Jane Ball as Nora, as an Adult
- James Gleason as Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
- Anne Revere as Agnes Fiske
- Ruth Nelson as Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother