Academy Awards, USA 1946
| Nominee Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Gregory Peck |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Arthur C. Miller | |
| Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White James Basevi William S. Darling Thomas Little Frank E. Hughes | |
| Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Alfred Newman |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by John M. Stahl
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Twilight Time)
Gregory Peck plays a Catholic missionary in China struggling to build a church and convert the locals. He saves the son of a rich man who donates a large plot of land, and finally gets help building a church. The arrival of nuns doesn't help in his conversion efforts, and he clashes with the head nun. A local rebellion changes all of that when he is called into action. The church is destroyed and with no money he is recalled to England by his friend a Bishop. Familiar plot and politically incorrect treatment of the Chinese make this a tough sell to modern audiences, but Peck is pleasing as always.
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