The Keys of the Kingdom

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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