Heaven Knows Mr Allison

Heaven Knows Mr  Allison, Walter Huston loved to film on location; all his great movies reflect this predilection. It helps too, that Mr. Huston and John Lee Mahin produced a great screen play and the bonus was the casting of the two stars. Since it’s a two character film, the director couldn’t gamble with any light weight actors and it pays tremendously by the incredible performances Mr. Huston got from them.

The story of the nun who is left behind in a Pacific island and the arrival of the shipwrecked Cpl. Allison, brings two people together from such different backgrounds, that under another direction wouldn’t have played so well as it does in this movie. There aren’t any false moments in the film. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

It is a credit to Mr. Huston the pairing of Deborah Kerr with Robert Mitchum, who are amazing in their roles. There’s an aura of sex between both of the actors without it being obvious, or on your face. It’s the subtlety that makes this film work they way it does. Both Ms. Kerr and Mr. Mitchum would appear not to be ideal for these two characters, but they have the right chemistry to make us care for these two people stranded in the Pacific.