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The Keys of the Kingdom
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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   706 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) and
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 December 1944 (USA) more
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Plot:
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
User Reviews:
Keep doing it right; don't give up your soul. more (17 total)

Cast

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Gregory Peck ... Father Francis Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell ... Willie Tulloch

Vincent Price ... Angus Mealey
Rose Stradner ... Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica (as Rosa Stradner)

Roddy McDowall ... Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Edmund Gwenn ... Father Hamish MacNabb
Cedric Hardwicke ... Monsignor at Tweedside (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
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 ... Father Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
Edith Barrett ... Aunt Polly
Sara Allgood ... Sister Martha
Richard Loo ... Lt. Shon
Ruth Ford ... Sister Clotilde
Kevin O'Shea ... Father Craig, successor missionary priest
H.T. Tsiang ... Hosannah Wong
Si-Lan Chen ... Philomena Wang
Eunice Soo-Hoo ... Anna
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Barrat ... Willie's Father (scenes deleted)
Pedro de Cordoba ... Father Gomez, at seminary (scenes deleted)
Ethel Griffies ... Mrs. Glennie (scenes deleted)
Lumsden Hare ... Daniel Glennie, father of Lisbeth (scenes deleted)
Maxwell Hayes ... Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
John Herbert-Bond ... Malcolm Glennie (scenes deleted)
Terry Kilburn ... Malcolm Glennie (scenes deleted)
Morton Lowry ... Thad (scenes deleted)
Aubrey Mather ... Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Abner Biberman ... Wai's captain (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Oie Chan ... Anna's grandmother (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford ... Sister Mercy Mary (uncredited)
Frank Eng ... Father Chou, successor Chinese priest (uncredited)
Dennis Hoey ... Alec Chisholm, Francis' father (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes ... Uncle Ned (uncredited)
Joseph Kim ... Chinese servant (uncredited)
James B. Leong ... Taoist priest at boy's healing (uncredited)
Eugene Louie ... Joshua, Joseph's son ['eat honey'] (uncredited)
Clarence Lung ... Orderly (uncredited)
Moy Ming ... Chinese physician (uncredited)
Georgie Nokes ... Andrew, Nora's grandson (uncredited)
Richard Wang ... Chinese servant (uncredited)
Beal Wong ... Chinese captain (uncredited)
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Directed by
John M. Stahl 
 
Writing credits
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) and
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)

A.J. Cronin (novel)

Produced by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz .... producer
 
Original Music by
Alfred Newman 
 
Cinematography by
Arthur C. Miller  (as Arthur Miller)
 
Film Editing by
James B. Clark 
 
Art Direction by
James Basevi 
William S. Darling  (as William Darling)
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little 
 
Costume Design by
Bonnie Cashin 
 
Makeup Department
Guy Pearce .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Frank E. Hughes .... associate set decorator
 
Sound Department
Eugene Grossman .... sound
Roger Heman Sr. .... sound (as Roger Heman)
 
Special Effects by
Fred Sersen .... special photographic effects
 
Music Department
Edward B. Powell .... orchestrator (as Edward Powell)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
137 min
Country:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Spain:T | USA:Approved (certificate #10003) | Sweden:Btl

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[first lines]
Title card: On a September evening in 1938, Father Francis Chisholm returned to his little church near Tweedside, Scotland.
Father Francis Chisholm: Good afternoon, Monsignor.
Monsignor: Good afternoon, Father.
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Referenced in The Closer You Get (2000) more

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15 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Keep doing it right; don't give up your soul., 25 February 2002
10/10
Author: dennis-35 (exprez@email.com) from San Francisco Bay Area

This is the story of a man who has to try twice as hard to be half as good as others in college. After he becomes a priest, he butts heads with the mainstream, stuck-up parishioners. His bishop has the idea: send him to China, set up a mission, and doctor their bodies and souls.

This spans his 40 years in the mission field. Things do not go well, though at times they do. He stays true to his values, and does not sell out to the vulgar rich, or the vulgar greedy. This is the gleaming quality: keep trying to do the right thing. He does.

I have watched this one at least 12 times over the years. It still holds up well.

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