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.

• DirectorEdward Dmytryk
• Release2 September 1955
• Genre
  Drama / Adventure
• Duration1h 27m
• Budget$1,785,000
• Revenue$4,000,000
• Rate
  

  6.385
  39 reviews
• Productions

  20th Century Fox