The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · 137 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 3,229 VOTES · DIR. John M. Stahl
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,732 lines
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00:01:19 [Bell Tolling]
00:06:53 I'll be back for supper.
00:13:20 In fact, I know she would. But there isn't a chance of it.
00:17:43 - I think you'd make a good priest. - Thank you, Father. L-
00:22:25 She alone knows who the father is.
00:28:07 Well, thank you, Your Lordship.
00:35:21 surely there must have been many true Christians.
00:41:58 You make me feel very humble indeed.
00:47:41 I've not had the honor of seeing him since.
00:59:15 - Doll Anna! - [Chuckles]
01:06:07 Well, l- But I'm Father Chisholm.
01:10:36 At the same time-At the same time, I trust you will afford us a certain freedom of action..
01:16:02 behind the hill I could see from me office window.
01:20:38 But you would not leave Pai Tan and take your son to the safety of your summer home... without an important reason.
01:26:22 - Is the situation that hopeless? - We have no artillery at all.
01:32:43 My respiration is down...
01:39:44 In this sack is cordite and one can of gasoline.
01:45:29 Oh, no.
01:49:40 Mei-li and I can manage very nicely. You needn't trouble, Monsignor.
01:55:05 [Monsignor Reading] "The 10 years that passed were fruitful, peaceful...
02:00:03 Of course, he wasn't a Catholic, but I'm afraid we did feel a little-
02:04:14 "every stone, every tree... "of my beloved mission...
02:09:44 and that- to quote the wisest man I've ever known-
02:16:34 and then send you and me here to catch them, Andrew, hmm?
Cast & Characters
Gregory Peck
Father Francis Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell
Willie Tulloch
Vincent Price
Angus Mealey
Rose Stradner
Rev. Mother Maria-Veronica
Roddy McDowall
Francis Chisholm as a Boy
Edmund Gwenn
Father 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
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,732
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:01:19
Final line02:16:34
Production Record
DirectorJohn M. Stahl
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000,000
IMDb votes3,229