The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God
Original film poster
Directed by	Edward Dmytryk
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Written by	Alfred Hayes William E. Barrett (novel)
Starring	Humphrey Bogart Gene Tierney Lee J. Cobb
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

For other uses, see Left Hand of God (disambiguation).

The Left Hand of God is a 1955 drama film 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. It stars Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney, with a supporting cast including Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E. G. Marshall, and Carl Benton Reid.

Plot

Movie tie-in edition of William E. Barrett's book, The Left Hand of God

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 adviser. However, after one of the general's soldiers kills a priest, Father O'Shea, Jim decides to desert.

Carmody masquerades as the dead priest and manages to escape to a remote 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 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.

Cast

• Humphrey Bogart as James Carmody
• Gene Tierney as Anne Scott
• Lee J. Cobb as Mieh Yang
• Agnes Moorehead as Beryl Sigman
• E. G. Marshall as Dr. David Sigman
• Jean Porter as Mary Yin
• Carl Benton Reid as Father Cornelius
• Victor Sen Yung as John Wong
• Philip Ahn as Jan Teng
• Benson Fong as Chun Tien

External links

• The Left Hand of God at the Internet Movie Database
• The Left Hand of God at the TCM Movie Database
• The Left Hand of God at AllRovi