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.
Elenco: Gregory Peck , Thomas Mitchell , Vincent Price , Rose Stradner , Roddy McDowall , Edmund Gwenn , Cedric Hardwicke , Peggy Ann Garner , Jane Ball , James Gleason , Anne Revere , Ruth Nelson , Benson Fong , Leonard Strong , Philip Ahn , Arthur Shields , Edith Barrett , Sara Allgood , Richard Loo , Ruth Ford , Kevin O'Shea , H.T. Tsiang , Si-Lan Chen , Eunice Soo-Hoo .