Journey into Light

Journey into Light is a 1951^[3] American crime film noir directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Sterling Hayden.^[4][5]

Journey into Light
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stuart Heisler[1]
Written by	story: Anson Bond screenplay: Stephanie Nordli Irving Shulman
Produced by	Joseph Bernhard Anson Bond
Starring	Sterling Hayden Viveca Lindfors Thomas Mitchell
Cinematography	Elwood Bredell
Edited by	Terry Morse
Music by	Paul Dunlap Emil Newman[2]
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	September 28, 1951 (1951-09-28)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in eastern USA, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide.^[6][7]

Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but ends up on skid row and arrested for apparent public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission.

Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith.

He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.

Cast

• Sterling Hayden as Rev. John Burrows
• Viveca Lindfors as Christine Thorssen
• Thomas Mitchell as Gandy
• Ludwig Donath as 'Doc' Thorssen
• H. B. Warner as Wiz, the Wino
• Jane Darwell as Mack
• John Berkes as Racky
• Peggy Webber as Jane Burrows
• Paul Guilfoyle as Fanatic

See also

• Sterling Hayden filmography