The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 drama movie directed by John M. Stahl, with a running time of 2h 17m. It stars Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell and Vincent Price.
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.
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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