Cast and Crew of Journey Into Light

Cast of
Journey Into Light

About Journey Into Light

  • Released on September 28, 1951

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.

Full Cast of Journey Into Light

Sterling Hayden
plays Rev, John Burrows

Sterling Hayden as Rev, John Burrows

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Viveca Lindfors
plays Christine Thorssen

Thomas Mitchell
plays Gandy

Ludwig Donath
plays 'Doc' Thorssen

H.B. Warner
plays Wiz, the Wino

Jane Darwell
plays Mack

John Berkes
plays Racky

Peggy Webber
plays Jane Burrows

Paul Guilfoyle
plays Fanatic

Charles Evans
plays Bishop Logan

Marion Martin
plays Diana (as Marian Martin)

Everett Glass
plays Deacon Adams

Raymond Bond
plays Deacon Edwards

Billie Bird
plays Gertie

O. Z. Whitehead
plays Lippy

Myron Healey
plays Jerry - the Cop

Byron Keith
plays Dan - Policeman

Kathleen Mulqueen
plays Parishioner

Fritz Feld
plays Clothing Salesman

Lorin Raker
plays Department Store Interviewer

Emmett Lynn
plays Bum

Paul Brinegar
plays Bum

David March
plays Bum

Bernard Gorcey
plays Flophouse Clerk

Lynn Whitney
plays Handbill Woman

Helen Huntington
plays Nurse in Blood Bank (as Helene Huntington)

Kate Drain Lawson
plays Woman in Fight

Fred Aldrich
plays Foreman

Ed Hinton
plays Police Sergeant

Smoki Whitfield
plays Truck Driver


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