Journey Into Light

Journey Into Light (1951)

Drama

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.

Director: Stuart Heisler
Writers: Irving Shulman, Stephanie Nordli.

Casts

	Sterling Hayden as Rev, John Burrows
	Viveca Lindfors as Christine Thorssen
	Thomas Mitchell as Gandy
	Ludwig Donath as 'Doc' Thorssen
	H.B. Warner as Wiz, the Wino
	Jane Darwell as Mack
	John Berkes as Racky
	Peggy Webber as Jane Burrows
	Paul Guilfoyle as Fanatic
	Charles Evans as Bishop Logan
	Marion Martin as Diana (as Marian Martin)
	Everett Glass as Deacon Adams
	Raymond Bond as Deacon Edwards
	Billie Bird as Gertie
	O.Z. Whitehead as Lippy
	Myron Healey as Jerry - the Cop
	Byron Keith as Dan - Policeman
	Kathleen Mulqueen as Parishioner
	Fritz Feld as Clothing Salesman
	Lorin Raker as Department Store Interviewer
	Emmett Lynn as Bum
	Paul Brinegar as Bum
	David March as Bum
	Bernard Gorcey as Flophouse Clerk
	Lynn Whitney as Handbill Woman
	Helen Huntington as Nurse in Blood Bank (as Helene Huntington)
	Kate Drain Lawson as Woman in Fight
	Fred Aldrich as Foreman
	Ed Hinton as Police Sergeant
	Smoki Whitfield as Truck Driver

Crew