William Holden and Clifton Webb make an engaging pair of priests in China at the time of the 1949 Communist take-over.
Since Holden arrives late to replace Webb at the mission, the latter isn't able to get out in time as the Communist forces invade.
This is a story of how 2 different priests in the way of Crosby and Fitzgerald in "Going My Way" come to know one another under such adverse conditions.
The film succeeds due to its depiction of the eventual disillusionment towards Communism of a Chinese person who almost became a priest before being totally brainwashed by the Red system.
France Nuyen is absolutely wonderful as the young girl, who is saved by the Holden character and refuses to leave him. There is definitely a comic take to this fine film as Priest Webb will eventually think that her unborn child is that of Father O'Banion (Holden)
The film shows how the Communists would go to any length, including murder to get their point across. It shows how individual thought is done away with under the Communist system.
Since Holden arrives late to replace Webb at the mission, the latter isn't able to get out in time as the Communist forces invade.
This is a story of how 2 different priests in the way of Crosby and Fitzgerald in "Going My Way" come to know one another under such adverse conditions.
The film succeeds due to its depiction of the eventual disillusionment towards Communism of a Chinese person who almost became a priest before being totally brainwashed by the Red system.
France Nuyen is absolutely wonderful as the young girl, who is saved by the Holden character and refuses to leave him. There is definitely a comic take to this fine film as Priest Webb will eventually think that her unborn child is that of Father O'Banion (Holden)
The film shows how the Communists would go to any length, including murder to get their point across. It shows how individual thought is done away with under the Communist system.