The Keys of the Kingdom
1944A 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.
Acted in
Gregory Peck
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell
as Willie Tulloch
Vincent Price
as Angus Mealey
Rose Stradner
as Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
Roddy McDowall
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Edmund Gwenn
as Fr. 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
Eunice Soo-Hoo
as Anna
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)
Richard Wang
as Chinese Servant (uncredited)
Joseph Kim
as Chinese Servant (uncredited)
Moy Ming
as Chinese Doctor (uncredited)
Beal Wong
as Chinese Captain (uncredited)
Clarence Lung
as Orderly (uncredited)
Eugene Louis
as Joshua (uncredited)
Georgie Nokes
as Andrew (uncredited)
