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The Keys of the Kingdom

70 %|Dec 15, 1944|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.

Featured Crew

Howard W. Koch
Assistant Director
A.J. Cronin
Novel
John M. Stahl
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
James Basevi
Art Direction
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Gregory Peck
Fr. Francis Chisholm
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Thomas Mitchell
Willie Tulloch
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Vincent Price
Angus Mealey
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Rose Stradner
Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
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Roddy McDowall
Francis Chisholm, as a boy
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Edmund Gwenn
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
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Cedric Hardwicke
Monsignor at Tweedside
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Peggy Ann Garner
Nora as a Girl
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Jane Ball
Nora, as an Adult
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James Gleason
Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
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Anne Revere
Agnes Fiske
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Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
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Philip Ahn
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
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Arthur Shields
Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
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Edith Barrett
Aunt Polly
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Sara Allgood
Sister Martha
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Richard Loo
Lt. Shon
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Ruth Ford
Sister Clotilde
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Kevin O'Shea
Father Craig
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H.T. Tsiang
Hosannah Wong
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Si-Lan Chen
Philomena Wang
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Dennis Hoey
Alec Chisholm (uncredited)
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Ruth Clifford
Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
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J. Anthony Hughes
Uncle Ned (uncredited)
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James B. Leong
Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)
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Richard Wang
Chinese Servant (uncredited)
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Joseph Kim
Chinese Servant (uncredited)
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Moy Ming
Chinese Doctor (uncredited)
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Beal Wong
Chinese Captain (uncredited)
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Clarence Lung
Orderly (uncredited)
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Eugene Louis
Joshua (uncredited)
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Georgie Nokes
Andrew (uncredited)