The Keys of the Kingdom

2h 17m

7

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

Thomas Mitchell

Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica

Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Cedric Hardwicke

Monsignor at Tweedside

Peggy Ann Garner

Nora, as an Adult

Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske

Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother

Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia

Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

Sister Clotilde

Alec Chisholm (uncredited)

Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes

Uncle Ned (uncredited)

Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)

Chinese Servant (uncredited)

Chinese Servant (uncredited)

Chinese Doctor (uncredited)

Chinese Captain (uncredited)

Orderly (uncredited)

Joshua (uncredited)

Andrew (uncredited)

Crew

Nunnally Johnson

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Screenplay, Producer

Arthur C. Miller

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Original Music Composer

Frances C. Richardson

William S. Darling