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    Satan Never Sleeps (1962)

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    During the latter part of 1949, China was terrorised by armed forces of the Communist Party, who were rapidly overrunning the country from the north.

    Into this troubled land, through the tiny province of Kwangtung in the southwest, comes a handsome – but troubled – young priest leading an obstinate horse carrying an Oriental maiden of profound beauty.

    The priest’s name is Father O’Banion (William Holden), of Irish descent but born in the United States.

    His duty is to relieve Father Bovard (Clifton Webb) at the San-Li-Wan Mission: his problem is his Chinese companion, Siu-Lan (France Nuyen), whom he rescued from the summer floods and who is now deeply in love with her noble saviour.

    It is a Chinese custom, she says, that once you have saved a life you are responsible for that life.

    From there, the Red soldiers move in and through a process of sacrilege, fear, burned crucifixes, wrecked dispensaries, the rape of Siu-Lan and murder, life becomes intolerable.

    But with a spirit, faith, and obvious red cruelty, the main villain changes sides and provides an escape.

    Father O’Banion
    William Holden
    Father Bovard
    Clifton Webb
    Siu-Lan
    France Nuyen
    Sister Agnes
    Athene Seyler
    Kuznietsky
    Martin Benson
    Sister Theresa
    Edith Sharpe
    Chung-Ren
    Robert Lee
    Ho-San
    Weaver Levy (as Weaver Lee)
    Ho-San’s Mother
    Marie Yang
    Ho-San’s Father
    Andy Ho
    Ah-Wang
    Burt Kwouk
    Father Lemay
    Ronald Adam
    Sister Mary
    Lin Chen
    Sister Justine
    Noel Hood

    Director
    Leo McCarey

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