The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)2h17
Drama
Director John M. Stahl
Also directed Leave Her to Heaven, Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, and 38 more
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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Cast
Gregory Peck
Thomas Mitchell
Vincent Price
Rose Stradner
Roddy McDowall
Edmund Gwenn
Cedric Hardwicke
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