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Satan Never Sleeps

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The Communist People's Party makes life difficult for mission priests Rev. O'Banion (William Holden) and Rev. Bovard (Clifton Webb) in 1940s China. The cook for their mission, young local Siu Lan (France Nuyen), is in love with O'Banion, but her innocence is lost when the communist forces of leader Ho San (Weaver Lee) raid and decimate the mission. Ho San continues to persecute the priests, but struggles with his communist ideology when he receives disturbing orders from his leaders.
Satan Never Sleeps

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Leo McCarey

Director

William Holden

Father O'Banion

Clifton Webb

Father Bovard

France Nuyen

Siu Lan

Athene Seyler

Sister Agness

Martin Benson

Kuznietsky

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Satan Never Sleeps

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Synopsis The Communist People's Party makes life difficult for mission priests Rev. O'Banion (William Holden) and Rev. Bovard (Clifton Webb) in 1940s China. The cook for their mission, young local Siu Lan (France Nuyen), is in love with O'Banion, but her innocence is lost when the communist forces of leader Ho San (Weaver Lee) raid and decimate the mission. Ho San continues to persecute the priests, but struggles with his communist ideology when he receives disturbing orders from his leaders.
Director
Leo McCarey
Producer
Leo McCarey
Screenwriter
Claude Binyon, Leo McCarey
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 22, 2005
Runtime
2h 6m
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