The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

12/15/1944 2h 17m

THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Gregory Peck

as Fr. Francis Chisholm

Born 04/05/1916

Died 06/12/2003, age

Thomas Mitchell

as Willie Tulloch

Born 07/10/1892

Died 12/17/1962, age

Vincent Price

as Angus Mealey

Born 05/27/1911

Died 10/25/1993, age

Roddy McDowall

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Born 09/17/1928

Died 10/03/1998, age

Edmund Gwenn

as Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Born 09/26/1877

Died 09/06/1959, age

Cedric Hardwicke

as Monsignor at Tweedside

Born 02/18/1893

Died 08/06/1964, age

James Gleason

as Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske

Born 05/22/1882

Died 04/12/1959, age

Anne Revere

as Agnes Fiske

Born 06/25/1903

Died 12/18/1990, age

Ruth Nelson

as Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

Born 08/02/1905

Died 09/12/1992, age

Benson Fong

as Joseph

Born 10/10/1916

Died 08/01/1987, age

Edith Barrett

as Aunt Polly

Born 01/19/1907

Died 02/22/1977, age

Dennis Hoey

as Alec Chisholm (uncredited)

Born 03/29/1893

Died 07/25/1960, age