Journey Into Light

Synopsis

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.

Main Cast

Sterling Hayden

Rev, John Burrows

Age : 70 | Popularity : 17%

Viveca Lindfors

Christine Thorssen

Age : 74 | Popularity : 24%

Thomas Mitchell

Gandy

Age : 70 | Popularity : 6%

Ludwig Donath

'Doc' Thorssen

Age : 67 | Popularity : 7%

H.B. Warner

Wiz, the Wino

Age : 83 | Popularity : 5%

Jane Darwell

Mack

Age : 87 | Popularity : 5%

John Berkes

Racky

Age : 56 | Popularity : 3%

Peggy Webber

Jane Burrows

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Irving Shulman Stephanie Nordli
	Story	Anson Bond
Editing	Editor	Terry O. Morse
Directing	Director	Stuart Heisler
Camera	Director of Photography	Elwood Bredell
Art	Art Direction	Daniel Hall
Department	Role	Name

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