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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Not Yet Rated In Theaters 09/18/2006 , 107min.
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Plot & Details

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.
  • MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
  • Genre(s): Comedy,Drama
  • Run Time: 107min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 09/18/2006
  • DVD Release Date: 05/20/2003
  • Director(s): John Huston
  • Starring: Deborah Kerr , Robert Mitchum
  • Themes: Members of the Clergy,Opposites Attract,Stranded
  • Tone: Bittersweet,Understated,Atmospheric,Earnest,Heartwarming
  • Keywords: Catholicism,Marines,Pacific-Ocean,affection,behind-enemy-lines,danger,emotion,enemy,island,love,nun,respect,sergeant,stranded,trapped,war
  • Language: English

Awards

Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay John Lee Mahin Nominated
1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay John Huston Nominated
1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress Deborah Kerr Nominated

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1957 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Film - Any Source John Huston Nominated

Golden Globes

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1957 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Deborah Kerr Nominated
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