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.
Directed by John M. Stahl
father
friends
priest
black and white
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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
Edmund Gwenn
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Cedric Hardwicke
Monsignor at Tweedside
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
Crew
John M. Stahl
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer
Howard W. Koch
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
18 reviews
vivienne
7.0★ · 03/15/26
wasn’t as boring as people say it is but maybe i’m just too horny (i could help you break those vows of celibacy father greg peck)
wasn’t as boring as people say it is but maybe i’m just too horny (i could help you break those vows of celibacy father greg peck)
sar
4.0★ · 09/12/25
@gregorypeck Fleabag confession scene w me when !?
@gregorypeck Fleabag confession scene w me when !?