The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

★ 7.1 2h 17m 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.

Director

John M. Stahl

Cast

Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner, Roddy McDowall, Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Peggy Ann Garner

Country

United States of America

Released

December 15, 1944