The Keys of the Kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom
Release: 1944-12-15
·Runtime: 137m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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Cast
Arthur Shields
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
Ruth Ford
as Sister Clotilde
Thomas Mitchell
as Willie Tulloch
Roddy McDowall
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Cedric Hardwicke
as Monsignor at Tweedside
Jane Ball
as Nora, as an Adult
Benson Fong
as Joseph
Rose Stradner
as Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
Leonard Strong
as Mr. Chia
Philip Ahn
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
Richard Loo
as Lt. Shon
Ruth Clifford
as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
Clarence Lung
as Orderly (uncredited)
Vincent Price
as Angus Mealey
James Gleason
as Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
J. Anthony Hughes
as Uncle Ned (uncredited)
James B. Leong
as Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)
Moy Ming
as Chinese Doctor (uncredited)
Anne Revere
as Agnes Fiske
Peggy Ann Garner
as Nora as a Girl
Ruth Nelson
as Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
Edith Barrett
as Aunt Polly
Sara Allgood
as Sister Martha
Dennis Hoey
as Alec Chisholm (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Edmund Gwenn
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
