“THE STRANGEST COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND MAN EVER MADE!”
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
Humphrey Bogart
James 'Jim' Carmody
Gene Tierney
Anne 'Scotty' Scott
Lee J. Cobb
Mieh Yang
Agnes Moorehead
Beryl Sigman
E.G. Marshall
Dr. David Sigman
Jean Porter
Mary Yin
Carl Benton Reid
Father Cornelius
Victor Sen Yung
John Wong
Philip Ahn
Jan Teng
Benson Fong
Chun Tien
The Left Hand of God is a drama, adventure film released in 1955 exploring themes of mission, china, based on novel or book, priest, catholic priest. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, it stars Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb. A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
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