Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Huston
Screenplay byJohn Huston
John Lee Mahin
Based onHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison
by Charles Shaw
Produced byBuddy Adler
Eugene Frenke
StarringDeborah Kerr
Robert Mitchum
CinematographyOswald Morris
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music byGeorges Auric
Color processColor by DeLuxe
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • March 13, 1957 (1957-03-13)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
Budget$2,905,000[1]
Box office$4.2 million (US)[2]

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a 1957 American CinemaScope war film directed by John Huston. It stars Deborah Kerr as an Irish nun and Robert Mitchum as a U.S. Marine, both stranded on a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

The film was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw and was directed by Huston. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Deborah Kerr) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

The movie was filmed on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago in what was then the British West Indies. Producer Eugene Frenke later filmed The Nun and the Sergeant, a low-budget variation on the story, (1962), starring his wife Anna Sten.[3]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p250
  2. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
  3. ^ Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - John Huston | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved April 23, 2020