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calvinnme Marvelous WW II film, set in the South Pacific in 1944, on an island three hundred miles from Fiji. Mr. Allison (Mitchum), sole survivor of from his submarine, washes up on an island. He meets Sister Angela (Kerr), who was left behind when the ship that was supposed to take her from the island left without her. A Japanese plane flies over while on a reconnaissance mission. I'll let you watch and see where the film takes it from there.Mitchum and and Kerr (she was nominated for an Oscar) are both excellent and have chemistry, as the film gradually turns into a love story/comedy. Mitchum's encounter with a turtle and Kerr's introduction to sushi are especially memorable. On paper, you would think this teaming would never work - Kerr playing one of her various governess/nun personalities, Mitchum being one of his various hard guy types with a soul, but they play off of each other marvelously and are paired in three more films after this, the last one being in the 1980s.Oswald Morris did the fine cinematography. John Huston wrote the Oscar nominated screenplay, and four different composers were responsible for the musical score, which verges on being cute. Very worthwhile.

JohnHowardReid Producers: Buddy Adler, Eugene Frenke. Copyright 1957 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Roxy: 14 March 1957. U.S. release: March 1957. U.K. release: 4 August 1957. Australian release: 11 July 1957. 9,544 feet. 105 minutes.SYNOPSIS: A cut-down version of "Sea Wife". This time the nun has to contend with only one guy instead of three!NOTES: Deborah Kerr was nominated for Hollywood's most prestigious award for Best Actress, losing to Joanne Woodward in "The Three Faces of Eve". John Lee Mahin and John Huston were nominated for Best Screenplay (based on material from another medium), losing to the infamous award handed to Pierre Boulle for allegedly scripting "The Bridge on the River Kwai".COMMENT: For all British-based film critics and commentators, it's just about the most impossible thing they've ever been asked to believe. But the fact is that "Heaven Knows, Mr Allison" was Fox's 5th most popular release of 1956-57 in the domestic market. The explanation (like most seemingly impossible feats) is quite simple. "Mr. Allison" was released in North America a good five to nine months before "Sea Wife".OTHER VIEWS: I just don't believe it! I've just got the testy taste of the tedious "Sea Wife" out of my system, and here's yet another movie from the very same studio based on that identical wearisome theme! It wasn't a very exciting premise to begin with. Not in movies anyway. Because all the faith, all the stubborn religiosity, all the real reasons that induce human beings (of either sex) to accept a life of celibacy, aren't going to be discussed or even hinted at. It's just a meretricious device to throw a man and a woman together on an isolated island so that she can reject his advances and kick the hell out of him. A great evening's entertainment for sadists, misanthropists, masochists and misogynists, but downright boring for the rest of us. Oh, the locations look effective enough, and they're well-composed in CinemaScope, and there's a bit more action in this one at the end — if you're prepared to be bored solid for 105 minutes and pay for the privilege — but if I want to see a travelogue on the West Indies I'll take James A. Fitzpatrick any day. Yes, he's boring too, but only for a tenth the length!In this one, the nun is played by Deborah Kerr, no improvement at all on dreary Joan Collins, whilst the virile young man is Robert Mitchum. Grudgingly I'll it that Bob is slightly less wooden than Dick, but mostly he comes across more forcefully because his part is more pointedly characterized. In other words the writing is of better quality. Considering the atrocious script forced on Burton and Collins, acting comparisons are unfair. But no way in my opinion did Deb deserve a Best Actress nomination. But since she did get one, why wasn't Joan Collins nominated? I thought they were equally bad, but since Miss Collins had to contend with a script that everyone agrees was far inferior, I would have expected Joan to get the nod first. Maybe some Academy voters think the players make up their own lines?Both "Sea Wife" and "Allison" are disappointing movies — for exactly the same reasons. Whilst retaining their basic plots, both remove all the worthwhile characterization and conflicts of their original novels, diluting them to a pablum that can be teasingly presented in the front-of-house poster art, but that in actuality amounts to precious little in the way of genuinely gripping entertainment. — J.H.R. in July 1957 "Films in London" (with added comments).

home3140 I grew up in the 60's and attended Catholic schools. To a young man Nuns were the most mysterious people we could imagine. They lived life behind the doors of covenants and as young boys we thought that god himself might strike us down if we were to ever somehow end up inside one. They wore the unusual clothing including what I believe were called "habits" as head gear and one was left wondering wonder what else they may have on. This movie educated me to the fact that the nuns were indeed women. That they have feelings and dreams and more then just a devotion to God. I will always how in 2nd grade I had wet myself in class and was sent to the principal for punishment. Instead of being punished Sister St Mary Dennis comforted me. Destiny finds Mr Allsion and Sister Angela in a situation where two people very different upbringings are thrown together and must rely on each other to survive. The 1950's release date forced the director to hold back on the love interest but he did a great job of conveying what each of them felt. It was a very good movie that I think begs for a remake using a more modern day Hollywood storyline.

Victoria Bergesen I have just watched this film's debut on TCM. Robert Mitchum is one of my favorites, and there is no doubt that Deborah Kerr was a fine actress. Who can doubt John Huston's prowess? This script seems like an African Queen knock-off. A "crude" man discovers an unworldly religious woman in the middle of nowhere. They survive primitive conditions and great hardship and come to love and respect each other.The characters are one-dimensional. Apparently the script was altered from the original novel to placate the codes of the Roman Catholic Church at the time. Whatever the reasons, this is not a film I would see again.