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The Left Hand of God

1955

Edward Dmytryk

Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead ...

6.1

923

Adventure. Drama 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... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A VERY weak hold on material that might conceivably have been turned into a mordant melodrama is taken by 'The Left Hand of God'"	NEG
United States	Variety	"The film is somewhat provocative (...) For the drama and suspense aren’t to be found"	NEU

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