Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
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Movie Reviews of Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Movie Review: 2 legendary stars...and a Japanese Army!
Summary: 5 Stars
This John Huston classic is one of my favorite war movies. The beautiful island scenery is breathtaking, and Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr are flawless. The chemistry between these two, despite Kerr playing the role of a nun, is awesome. Mitchum, playing a tough-as-nails Marine sergeant, is perfectly cast, and gives one of his finest performances. Kerr is also perfectly cast and was nominated for best actress (she didn't win). This movie doesn't have epic battle scenes like other war films, but it perfectly captures the spirit of the U.S. soldiers in WW2. One of the film's best scenes is when Mitchum gets drunk and almost forgets Kerr is a nun! The dvd version has a great picture quality and the special features include a newsreel from WW2 showing battle scenes in the Pacific, and there are a few trailers. If you want to see a different kind of war movie, I highly recommend this classic.Movie Review: Best movie ever on an individual during WWII in the Pacific
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is about a Marine washed ashore on an atol in the pacific. At the time it is inhabited by a nun who has been serving the islanders. Unfortunately their peace is short lived as Japanese invade the island and set up guns to destroy the US Naval forces that run between the atol
and other islands. "Mr Allison" has no family and the Marine Corp has been his life. Unerringly he falls in love with the Nun who cannot return his love.
Their adventures on the Japanese occuipied island are realistic especially hiding and living in a cave and almost fit the end of of a story written by John Bailey (Islands of Victory and Islands of Death) available through Amazon.com.
I saw the movie when it first came out and never forgot it. It is one I wanted for my own personal small collection of great movies and great performances by actors.
Mike Bailey
Movie Review: Wrong movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Just a word to the reviewer who thought the ending was cut . . . you got the wrong movie. The ending you described is the ending of the movie Sea Wife, a British film with Richard Burton and Joan Collins. It is very similar in that they are marooned at sea (with 2 others), and she is a nun. No one knows it,however, because she isn't dressed as a nun, and they all called each other by nicknames; hers is "Sea Wife." That aside, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allson is wonderful. I am asking for the DVD for Christmas. It is quite a different role for Robert Mitchum who shows a kind of "gentler side" in this. It is a very touching moment when Sister Angela says "You will be my dear companion always."
Movie Review: One of the greatest films of all time!
Summary: 5 Stars
Noone who loves films can miss this movie and these performances by Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum. A nun and a marine together on an atol in the Pacific Ocean during a part of WWII sounds like a romance and a rejection, or a romance and she decides to leave her order. No such thing occurs; but what does occur is a love relationship that lasts forever, even thouigh...I won't spoil it.
The cinematography buy Oswald Morris is superb, John Huston directs, and he considered this is favorite film, way over The African Queen.
See this film and be filled with the timeless wonder of love between two people in a shadowy world they illumine for you.
Movie Review: HEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISON
Summary: 5 Stars
I have enjoyed this movie since it was first released.... being a "Mick" myself I watched it in awe as a youngster... but one thing has always puzzled me - in the original the movie didn't end as they left yhe island - it ended in post(?) war London with that classic line " no one ever looks at the face of a Nun" .... why was this all telling ending cut out ?? Politically Incorrect .... dear me, even us Aussies are not that narrow minded. How about a version with the full uncut ending....