Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
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.
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Screenplay by | John Huston John Lee Mahin |
| Based on | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler Eugene Frenke |
| Starring | Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Russell Lloyd |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
| Color process | Color by DeLuxe |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Japanese |
| Budget | $2,905,000 |
| Box office | $4.2 million (US) |
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.