The Keys of the Kingdom

“THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION”

7.0(50)19442h 17m

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.

Director

John M. Stahl

Budget

$3.0M

Revenue

$2.4M

Where to watch

Rent

Buy

Streaming data by JustWatch

Cast

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

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

I sometimes wonder whether politics in the 21st century might be a bit more stable around the globe, were we not to have spent much of the last century sending folks like "Father Chisholm" all over the place imposing Christianity on peoples who had got along splendidly for aeons without it... This film depicts one such gentleman - a well meaning Father who struggles to find fulfilment at home in S...