The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

12/15/1944 (US) • 2h 17m

Drama

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,000,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

father

friends

priest

black and white

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