

The Keys of the Kingdom
"THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$3.0M
$3,000,000
Languages
Mandarin
+2 more
Studio
20th Century Fox
Key Crew

John M. Stahl
Director

Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer
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

Benson Fong
Joseph

Leonard Strong
Mr. Chia

Philip Ahn
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia

Arthur Shields
Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

Edith Barrett
Aunt Polly

Sara Allgood
Sister Martha

Richard Loo
Lt. Shon

Ruth Ford
Sister Clotilde