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.

Details

Cast

Gregory Peck

Thomas Mitchell

Vincent Price

Rose Stradner

Roddy McDowall

Edmund Gwenn

Cedric Hardwicke

Peggy Ann Garner

Jane Ball

James Gleason