The Keys of the Kingdom
movie

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION
Released December 15, 1944
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast

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
Crew

Howard W. Koch
as
Assistant Director

John M. Stahl
as
Director
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A.J. Cronin
as
Novel

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
as
Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson
as
Screenplay

Alfred Newman
as
Original Music Composer

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
as
Producer
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Arthur C. Miller
as
Director of Photography
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James B. Clark
as
Editor
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William S. Darling
as
Art Direction
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James Basevi
as
Art Direction
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Thomas Little
as
Set Decoration