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6.2/10   806 votes
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Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Writers:
Alfred Hayes (screenplay)
William E. Barrett (novel)
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Release Date:
14 November 1955 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Bogart...In a new type of action role! more
Plot:
At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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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 (bishop's envoy)
Victor Sen Yung ... John Wong (church sexton)
Philip Ahn ... Jan Teng (Buddhist priest)
Benson Fong ... Chun Tien (husband of dying woman)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints) | Mono (Western Electric Recording) (optical prints)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #17452) | West Germany:12 (f) | UK:A (passed with cuts) | Finland:S | Sweden:15
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Dr. David Sigman: [of prostitutes] Don't tell me the Church gives up on 'em, father! Medicine doesn't give up...
Jim Carmody: When medicine reaches a point where it never has to walk hopelessly away from a case, then you can criticize the Church because it left some... spiritual illness uncured.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Bogart: The Untold Story (1996) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
A LOAF OF BREAD more

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Bogart, 26 February 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Left Hand of God, The (1955)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Director Edward Dmytryk's film about a priest (Humphrey Bogart) who travels to a missionary in war torn China and gets involved with a nurse (Gene Tierney) and an evil ruler (Lee J. Cobb). Both the nurse and the ruler have their own ideas of what should happen to the mission but the priest is holding back a few secrets of his own. Agnes Moorehead, E.G. Marshall and Jean Porter round out the supporting cast to this drama, which I never really connected with. The best thing in the film are the performances and Bogart once again turns in an interesting role, which is something he did a lot of during his final few pictures. He's actually pretty good playing the tough priest and he even gets a wonderful sequence where he sings a few songs with some Chinese children. Tierney is equally good and Cobb is impressive to in his Fu-Manchu like role. However, the story is still pretty weak and the priest's secret isn't too hard to figure out.

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