
The Keys of the Kingdom
THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION
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12/15/1944Runtime
137 minsGenres
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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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EnglishBudget
$3,000,000Revenue
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A moving portrait of spiritual struggle and humbling grace as a young priest finds his calling not through triumph but through hardship and isolation. It's a film about faith tested by the world, where persistence and compassion matter more than success.
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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
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