The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Story

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

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Cast

• Gregory Peck Fr. Francis Chisholm
• Thomas Mitchell Willie Tulloch
• Vincent Price Angus Mealey
• Rose Stradner Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
• Roddy McDowall Francis Chisholm, as a boy
• Edmund Gwenn Fr. Hamish MacNabb
• Cedric Hardwicke Monsignor at Tweedside
• Peggy Ann Garner Nora as a Girl
• Jane Ball Nora, as an Adult
• James Gleason Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
• Anne Revere Agnes Fiske
• Ruth Nelson Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
• Benson Fong Joseph
• Leonard Strong Mr. Chia
• Philip Ahn Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
• Arthur Shields Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
• Edith Barrett Aunt Polly
• Sara Allgood Sister Martha