The Left Hand of God (1955)
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Humphrey Bogart stars in this improbable tale that marked Gene Tierney's return to the screen after battling mental illness for a number of years. Bogart plays Jim Carmody, an American soldier of fortune who, after crashing his plane in China, takes up with the Chinese warlord General Yang (Lee J. Cobb). Jim becomes Yang's advisor, but after watching one of the General's flunkies brutally kill a priest, Jim decides to leave. Unfortunately, Yang has declared that any deserter will be shot. Disguising himself as the slain priest, Jim sneaks out of the General's headquarters and makes his way to a mountain village where missionaries Beryl (Agnes Moorehead) and David (E.G. Marshall) take him in. Jim still is posing as the priest but his vows of celibacy are challenged when he falls in love with the attractive mission nurse Anne Scott (Gene Tierney). Anne feels ashamed because she is also attracted to him, but Jim writes to the bishop confessing that he is an impostor. At that moment, General Yang arrives, insisting that Jim rejoin his army or else he will burn down the village. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Humphrey Bogart - Jim Carmody
- Lee J. Cobb - Mieh Yang
- E.G. Marshall - Dr. Sigman
- Carl Benton Reid - Rev. Cornelius
- Benson Fong - Chun Tien
- Don Forbes - Father Keller
- Peter Chong - Fen Tso Lin
- George Chan - Li Kwan
- Moy Ming - Old Man
- Beal Wong - Father
- Robert Burton - Rev. Marvin
- Candace Lee - Girl
- Victor Sen Yung - John Wong
- Sammee Tong - Servant
- Gene Tierney - Ann Scott
- Agnes Moorehead - Beryl Sigman
- Jean Porter - Mary Yin
- Philip Ahn - Jan Teng
- Richard H. Cutting - Father O'Shea
- Noel Toy - Woman In Sarong
- Marie Tsien - Woman in Kimona
- Henry S. Quan - Orderly
- George Lee - Mi Lu
- Stella Lynn - Pao Chu
- Soo Yong - Midwife
- Leon Lontoc - Pao-Ching
- Walter Soo Hoo - Hospital Orderly
- Director(s):
- Edward Dmytryk
- Writer(s):
- Alfred Hayes
- Producer(s):
- Buddy Adler
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