The Keys of the Kingdom

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

Duration: 137 min

Release date: 1944-12-15

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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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as Fr. Francis Chisholm

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

as Willie Tulloch

as Angus Mealey

as Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

as Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

as Monsignor at Tweedside

Peggy Ann Garner

Peggy Ann Garner

as Nora as a Girl

as Nora, as an Adult

as Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske

as Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia

as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

as Sister Martha

as Sister Clotilde

as Father Craig

as Hosannah Wong

as Philomena Wang

as Alec Chisholm (uncredited)

as Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes

J. Anthony Hughes

as Uncle Ned (uncredited)

as Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)

as Chinese Servant (uncredited)

as Chinese Servant (uncredited)

as Chinese Doctor (uncredited)

as Chinese Captain (uncredited)

as Orderly (uncredited)

as Joshua (uncredited)

as Andrew (uncredited)

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Assistant Director

Nunnally Johnson

Nunnally Johnson

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

William S. Darling

William S. Darling

Arthur C. Miller

Arthur C. Miller

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Frances C. Richardson

Frances C. Richardson

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