Journey into Light is a 1951[3] American crime film noir directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Sterling Hayden.

[4][5] John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in eastern USA, envisions himself with a larger congregation.

[6][7] Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but ends up on skid row and arrested for apparent 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.

She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past.