A Marine (Robert Mitchum) and a nun (Deborah Kerr) are stranded on a Japanese-held island during World War... (Learn more)
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Starring: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
A two-person character study directed by John Huston, Heaven Knows Mr. Allison stars Robert Mitchum as a World War II Marine sergeant and Deborah Kerr as a Roman Catholic nun. Both nun and sergeant are marooned on a South Pacific island, hemmed in by surrounding Japanese troops. Mitchum does his best to make the nun's ordeal less painful, but is torn by his growing love for her. Kerr is equally fond of Mitchum, but refuses to renounce her vows. Their unrealized ardor mellows into mutual respect as they struggle to survive before help arrives. Based on a novel by Charles K. Shaw, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison was coproduced by Eugene Frenke, who later filmed a low-budget variation on the story, The Nun and the Sergeant (62), which starred Frenke's wife Anna Sten. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
2/28/57
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
107 mins.
Locations
- Tobago, British West Indies
Language
- English
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1957 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1957 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1957 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Film - Any Source award at the 1957 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
