Satan Never Sleeps

"How Violators of Human Decency Work Their Terror Countdown!"

Mar 23 1962 Approved 2h 5m
Drama, History, War

A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing priest, who is now too old and weak to continue with the upkeep of the church. However, Communist soldiers arrive at the mission and seize it as a command post. Their leader rapes the native girl and impregnates her, only later to realize that Communism is no good for him. In the end, the foursome flee to the border, but are pursued by Communist forces along the way.

Plot

A priest (William Holden) arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing priest (Clifton Webb), who is now too old and weak to continue with the upkeep of the church. However, Communist soldiers arrive at the mission and seize it as a command post. Their leader rapes the native girl and impregnates her, only later to realise that Communism is no good for him. In the end, the foursome flee to the border, but are pursued by Communist forces along the way.

Written by

Claude Binyon, Leo McCarey, Pearl S. Buck

Directed by

Leo McCarey, David W. Orton

Cast

William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
910
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA