The Left Hand of God

1955
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1h 27m

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Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney in The Left Hand of God (1955)

At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.

Director
- Edward Dmytryk
Writers
- Alfred Hayes
- William E. Barrett
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6.4/10

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Director
- Edward Dmytryk
Writers
- Alfred Hayes
- William E. Barrett
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Humphrey Bogart

James 'Jim' Carmody

Gene Tierney

Anne 'Scotty' Scott

Lee J. Cobb

Mieh Yang

Agnes Moorehead

Beryl Sigman

E.G. Marshall

Dr. David Sigman

Jean Porter

Mary Yin

Carl Benton Reid

Father Cornelius

Victor Sen Yung

John Wong

Philip Ahn

Jan Teng

Benson Fong

Chun Tien

Robert Burton

Rev. Marvin
(uncredited)

George Chan

Li Kwan
(uncredited)

Sophie Chin

Celeste - Nurse
(uncredited)

Peter Chong

Fen Tso Lin - Merchant
(uncredited)

Doris Chung

Clinic Nurse
(uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

Father O'Shea
(uncredited)

Don Forbes

Father Keller
(uncredited)

Candace Lee

Girl Singing 'My Old Kentucky Home'
(uncredited)

Director
- Edward Dmytryk
Writers
- Alfred Hayes
- William E. Barrett
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Trivia
William Faulkner completed an adaptation of the 1950 novel for Director Howard Hawks, a longtime collaborator, but the results were deemed "rather dull and sincere, with an abundance of narration" by Hawks biographer Todd McCarthy, and was shelved.

Goofs
Throughout the climactic confrontation as Carmody and Mieh Yang sit next to each other, Mieh Yang's bald head shifts repeatedly between sunshine and shadow.

Quotes
Dr. David Sigman: [of prostitutes] Don't tell me the Church gives up on 'em, father! Medicine doesn't give up...
Jim Carmody: When medicine reaches a point where it never has to walk hopelessly away from a case, then you can criticize the Church because it left some... spiritual illness uncured.

Connections
Referenced in Plucking the Daisy (1956)

Soundtracks
A LOAF OF BREAD
Written by Ken Darby (based on traditional "The Old Gray Goose")
Sung by Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney

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Old yellow face

Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney headline this 20th Century Fox production. It is one of Bogart's few color films.

I liked the fact that the two lead characters in The Left Hand of God don't wind up together and that there is not a romantic happy ending. It certainly would not ring true for these characters and their situation.

I didn't buy Lee Cobb as the warlord. He's a great actor, but for him to play a role in yellow face, he would need to look at least the tiniest bit Asian. He doesn't. He has too wide a nose and lacks the type of delicate features that would make him physically believable as an Asian. Agnes Moorehead is good as always.