The Left Hand of God
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| The Left Hand of God | |
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| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Written by | Alfred Hayes William E. Barrett (novel) |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Gene Tierney Lee J. Cobb Agnes Moorehead E. G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid. |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Editing by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 21 September 1955 |
| Running time | 87 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Left Hand of God is a 1955 film drama made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Buddy Adler, from a screenplay by Alfred Hayes, based on the novel The Left Hand of God by William Edmund Barrett.
The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney supporting cast includes Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E. G. Marshall, and Carl Benton Reid.
[edit] Plot summary
Jim Carmody (Humphrey Bogart) is an American pilot in World War II. After crashing his plane in China, he was rescued by a local warlord, General Yang (Lee J. Cobb), and became his trusted advisor. However, after one of the general's soldiers kills a priest, Father O'Shea, Jim decides to desert, which puts him in danger.
Carmody masquerades as the dead priest and manages to escape and reach a mountain village. There he meets missionaries Beryl (Agnes Moorehead) and David Sigman (E.G. Marshall). Still posing as the priest, he falls in love with the attractive mission nurse Anne Scott (Gene Tierney). Scott feels ashamed because she is also attracted to him. Carmody writes to the bishop, confessing that he is an impostor.
Then General Yang arrives, insisting that Carmody rejoin his army or else he will burn down the village. Carmody proposes a game of dice, wagering years of service against his freedom and the safety of the villagers.
