The Keys of the Kingdom
Drama, 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.
Top cast:
Gregory Peck
Father 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
Father Hamish MacNabb
Cedric Hardwicke
Monsignor at Tweedside
Peggy Ann Garner
Nora as a Girl
James Gleason
Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
Anne Revere
Agnes Fiske
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
Benson Fong
Joseph
Leonard Strong
Mr. Chia
Philip Ahn
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
Arthur Shields
Father Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
Edith Barrett
Aunt Polly
Sara Allgood
Sister Martha
Richard Loo
Lt. Shon
Ruth Ford
Sister Clotilde
