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Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
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Director
Leo McCarey
returned to the religious themes of his classics
Going My Way
(1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) for this action drama, his final film.
William Holden
stars as Father O'Banion, a Catholic priest assigned to relieve the retiring Father Bovard (
Clifton Webb
) at a mission in China. Along the way, O'Banion has unwittingly picked up a follower with a crush on him, Siu Lan (
France Nuyen
). The girl becomes the mission's cook, but before Bovard can depart, Mao's 1949 communist takeover begins. Red soldiers led by Chung Ren (Robert Lee) seize the mission as their local command center. Chung Ren rapes Siu Lan, impregnating her, while O'Banion is forced to watch. Unable to cross China's closed borders, both priests remain at the mission, ministering to the locals despite harassment by Chung Ren. Delighted by his son's birth, Chung Ren begins undergoing a change of heart. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Cast
Martin Benson
Kuznietsky
Lin Chen
Sister Mary
Anthony Chinn
Ho San's driver
Andy Ho
Ho San's father
William Holden
Father O'Banion
Burt Kwouk
Ah Wang
Weaver Lee
Ho San
France Nuyen
Siu Lan
Athene Seyler
Sister Agnes
Edith Sharpe
Sister Theresa
Clifton Webb
Father Bovard
Marie Yang
Ho San's mother
Robbie Lee
Chung Ren
Production Crew
Jim Jorahan
Art Director
John Hoesli
Art Director
Pearl S. Buck
Book Author
Oswald Morris
Cinematographer
Richard Rodney Bennett
Composer (Music Score)
Leo McCarey
Director
Gordon Pilkington
Editor
George Frost
Makeup
Muir Mathieson
Musical Direction/Supervision
Leo McCarey
Producer
Tom Morahan
Production Designer
Claude Binyon
Screenwriter
Leo McCarey
Screenwriter
Jack Stephens
Set Designer
Harold Adamson
Songwriter
Harry Warren
Songwriter
Leo McCarey
Songwriter
Year: 1962
Runtime: 125
Country: UK
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Color type
De Luxe
Produced by
20th Century Fox
Release
by 20th Century Fox
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