The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION
137 min
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.
- Release date
- December 15, 1944
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $2,400,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Father Francis Chisholm
- Thomas Mitchell as Willie Tulloch
- Vincent Price as Angus Mealey
- Rose Stradner as Rev. Mother Maria-Veronica
- Roddy McDowall as Francis Chisholm as a Boy
- Edmund Gwenn as Father 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
- Benson Fong as Joseph
- Leonard Strong as Mr. Chia
- Philip Ahn as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
- Arthur Shields as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
- Edith Barrett as Aunt Polly
- Sara Allgood as Sister Martha
- Richard Loo as Lt. Shon
- Ruth Ford as Sister Clotilde
- Kevin O'Shea as Father Craig
- H.T. Tsiang as Hosannah Wong
- Si-Lan Chen as Philomena Wang
- Dennis Hoey as Alec Chisholm (uncredited)
- Ruth Clifford as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
- J. Anthony Hughes as Uncle Ned (uncredited)
- James B. Leong as Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)
Crew
- John M. Stahl · Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Writer
- Nunnally Johnson · Writer
- A.J. Cronin · Writer
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Arthur C. Miller · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor