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THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION - The Keys of the Kingdom
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Title: The Keys of the Kingdom

Release Date: 15 Dec 1944

Runtime: 2h 17m

Genre: Drama

Director: 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

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.

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Average Vote: 7 (48 votes)

Cast

  • Fr. Francis Chisholm: Gregory Peck
  • Willie Tulloch: Thomas Mitchell
  • Angus Mealey: Vincent Price
  • Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica: Rose Stradner
  • Francis Chisholm, as a boy: Roddy McDowall
  • Fr. Hamish MacNabb: Edmund Gwenn
  • Monsignor at Tweedside: Cedric Hardwicke
  • Nora as a Girl: Peggy Ann Garner
  • Nora, as an Adult: Jane Ball
  • Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske: James Gleason
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