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The Keys of the Kingdom

Summary: A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.

Release Date: December 15, 1944

Genres: Drama, War

Director: John M. Stahl

Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

, Nunnally Johnson

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: National Telefilm Associates (NTA), CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

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1870s 1880s 1890s 1910s 1920s accomplishment adoption aging altar alter american american abroad apology army arrogance aspirin assault atheist attack aunt based on novel bath battle beeswax believer benefactor berry picking best friend bishop black eye blessing boat bombardment bombshell bowing bridge broken leg building candle cane canned goods canon cantonese capture catechism cathedral catholic catholic hospital catholic school charity charm child child born out of wedlock children china chinese chinese revolution christian women church city college compassion comrade concussion conference confession congregation contemplating death continuity convent convent school convert countryside courage cousin cousin relationship cross crucifix crying cup of tea death of friend demand devil diary disappointment disciple disease dispensary doctor doll doubt dread drowning dying enemy english espionage explosion extortion eyeglasses faith famine farewell father father son relationship fear fellowship fever fictional biography field hospital fire fisherman fishing fishing pole flashback flood foreigner forgiveness friend friendship garden gasoline general general the military rank gift god grace grandmother gratitude guest gun gunfire gunpowder habit handshake headache heathen heaven hell hill holy ghost holy man honey hospital hospitality house humiliation humility hymn illegitimate child incision inevitability infection injury interfaith marriage invitation irish whiskey journal judgement kindness kitchen kneeling lifetime litter loneliness lord loss of parents lost love love loyalty luggage mandarin mass maturity medicine melodrama memory mentor mentor protege relationship mercy methodist military officer mission missionary money monsignor mother son relationship mother superior moving in neutrality new englander non christian nun oil lamp old old man only son orient orphan pain palanquin parrot parting patient peace pestilence physician pier platonic relationship pneumonia poverty prayer praying priest protestant provisions psychotronic film race race relations racism railway station rain rainstorm recitation rector redemption reference to college of peking reference to god reference to hell reference to london reference to maine refugee register religion religious bigotry remedy rented room reputation resentment responsibility reverend mother revolution rhodes scholar rice robe roman catholic rope bridge sabotage salvation sanitation school school room scotland scroll search for happiness seminary servant shelling shelter sherry ship shooting shot shot to death sick child sign of the cross silver sister sleepless sleeplessness soldier soul student subterfuge summer home supplication surrender tea teaching tears theft thief threat threaten thunderstorm timeframe 1870s timeframe 1880s timeframe 1890s timeframe 1910s timeframe 1920s told in flashback torch train station true love trust ultimatum umbrella untimely death vanity village visit voice over voice over narration walk wine work worldliness wound younger version of character

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