Heaven Knows, Mr Allison (1957) 14:55-17:05 Thu 2nd Jul 2020 125m Film4
https://www.viewfilm.net/title/heave...r-allison-1957
Hiding from the Japanese on an island on the Pacific Ocean, a Marine (Robert Mitchum) and an Irish nun (Deborah Kerr) search for food, shelter and help while trying to avoid the burgeoning attraction that exists between them. Director John Huston elicits amazing performances for a movie that eventually earned two Academy Award nominations.
Surprisingly, a film that I only saw a few years ago. I'd always liked The Sundowners (1960) and, after watching it for the umpteenth time and wondering why Robert Mitchum was in an "Australian" movie, I checked out the background and discovered that Mitchum and Kerr had got on so well while filming Heaven Knows that, when Gary Cooper dropped out of the running for Sundowners, Mitchum grabbed the chance to work with Kerr again. So I sought out Heaven Knows and was instantly impressed by the stars rapport and performances, which, of course, were even better in Sundowners .....
