<i>The Keys of the Kingdom</i> (film)

The Keys of the Kingdom (film)

<p><i><b>The Keys of the Kingdom</b></i> is a 1944 American film based on the 1941 novel <i><a href="/en/The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="The Keys of the Kingdom" class="wl">The Keys of the Kingdom</a></i> by <a href="/en/A._J._Cronin" title="A. J. Cronin" class="wl">A. J. Cronin</a>. The film was adapted by <a href="/en/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson" class="wl">Nunnally Johnson</a>, directed by <a href="/en/John_M._Stahl" title="John M. Stahl" class="wl">John M. Stahl</a>, and produced by <a href="/en/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz" class="wl">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a>. It stars <a href="/en/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck" class="wl">Gregory Peck</a>, <a href="/en/Thomas_Mitchell_(actor)" title="Thomas Mitchell (actor)" class="wl">Thomas Mitchell</a>, and <a href="/en/Vincent_Price" title="Vincent Price" class="wl">Vincent Price</a>, and tells the story of the trials and tribulations of a <a href="/en/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church" class="wl">Roman Catholic</a> priest who goes to China to evangelise.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: The Keys of the Kingdom, Directed by, Written...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Keys of the Kingdom</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg/220px-The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="388" data-file-type="bitmap" height="332" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg 2x" alt="The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom_poster.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical film poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/John_M._Stahl" title="John M. Stahl" class="wl">John M. Stahl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson" class="wl">Nunnally Johnson</a><br><a href="/en/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz" class="wl">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/en/The_Keys_of_the_Kingdom" title="The Keys of the Kingdom" class="wl">The Keys of the Kingdom</a></i><br>1941 novel<br>by <a href="/en/A._J._Cronin" title="A. J. Cronin" class="wl">A. J. Cronin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck" class="wl">Gregory Peck</a><br><a href="/en/Thomas_Mitchell_(actor)" title="Thomas Mitchell (actor)" class="wl">Thomas Mitchell</a><br><a href="/en/Vincent_Price" title="Vincent Price" class="wl">Vincent Price</a><br><a href="/en/Rose_Stradner" title="Rose Stradner" class="wl">Rose Stradner</a><br><a href="/en/Edmund_Gwenn" title="Edmund Gwenn" class="wl">Edmund Gwenn</a><br><a href="/en/Benson_Fong" title="Benson Fong" class="wl">Benson Fong</a><br><a href="/en/Roddy_McDowall" title="Roddy McDowall" class="wl">Roddy McDowall</a><br><a href="/en/Sir_Cedric_Hardwicke" title="Sir Cedric Hardwicke" class="mw-redirect wl">Sir Cedric Hardwicke</a><br><a href="/en/Si-Lan_Chen" title="Si-Lan Chen" class="wl">Si-Lan Chen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Narrated by</th><td class="infobox-data">Sir Cedric Hardwicke</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Arthur_C._Miller" title="Arthur C. Miller" class="mw-redirect wl">Arthur C. Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/James_B._Clark_(director)" title="James B. Clark (director)" class="wl">James B. Clark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Alfred_Newman_(composer)" title="Alfred Newman (composer)" class="mw-redirect wl">Alfred Newman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/20th_Century_Fox" title="20th Century Fox" class="mw-redirect wl">20th Century Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">December<span>&nbsp;</span>15,<span>&nbsp;</span>1944<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1944-12-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">136 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$3 million<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$2.4 million<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 American film based on the 1941 novel The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin. The film was adapted by Nunnally Johnson, directed by John M. Stahl, and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It stars Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, and Vincent Price, and tells the story of the trials and tribulations of a Roman Catholic priest who goes to China to evangelise. 