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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)

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Reviews Counted:7

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Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: While hiding from a Japanese military offensive on a desolate Pacific island, a Marine sergeant (Mitchum) and his only fellow survivor, an Irish Roman Catholic novitiate on a humanitarian mission... While hiding from a Japanese military offensive on a desolate Pacific island, a Marine sergeant (Mitchum) and his only fellow survivor, an Irish Roman Catholic novitiate on a humanitarian mission (Kerr), search for food, engage in philosophical sparring, avoid sexual tension, and struggle to survive. Huston again pairs hardened hero with an indomitable woman (think African Queen) and lets the sparks fly. Academy Award Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress: Deborah Kerr. [More]

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum

Director: John Huston

Director: John Huston
Producer: Buddy Adler
Screenwriter: John Huston, John Lee Mahin
Story: Charles Shaw
Composer: Georges Auric

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Solider and nun on Pacific isle during WWII. More dutiful than fun.

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As with Huston's The African Queen, there is conflict mixed with romantic tension… Here, though, the complicating factor is not fastidiousness, but vocation.

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Steven D. Greydanus
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Enjoyable, but not very deep, Huston opus.

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