The Keys of the Kingdom (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.

Cast

Fr. Francis Chisholm
Willie Tulloch
Agnes Fiske
Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
Aunt Polly
Sister Martha
Lt. Shon
Sister Clotilde
Angus Mealey
Father Craig
Hosannah Wong
Philomena Wang
Alec Chisholm (uncredited)
Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
Uncle Ned (uncredited)
Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)
Chinese Servant (uncredited)
Chinese Servant (uncredited)
Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica
Chinese Doctor (uncredited)
Chinese Captain (uncredited)
Orderly (uncredited)
Joshua (uncredited)
Andrew (uncredited)
Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Monsignor at Tweedside
Nora as a Girl
Nora, as an Adult
Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske

Crew

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Assistant Director