Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a 1957 Cinemascope film which tells the story of two people stranded on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
The movie was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the novel by Charles Shaw and 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.
Corporal Allison (Robert Mitchum...
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a 1957 Cinemascope film which tells the story of two people stranded on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
The movie was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the novel by Charles Shaw and 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.
Corporal Allison (Robert Mitchum), a U.S. Marine, is a survivor of a failed island scouting/reconnaissance mission in the Pacific during World War 2. Allison and his team were in the process of being deployed from a U.S. Navy submarine when they were discovered by Imperial Japanese Navy warships. In the confusion of battle the submarine captain takes his ship below the surface to evade enemy fire, leaving the scouting team behind. After days of being adrift in a rubber raft Cpl. Allison arrives on an island and finds an abandoned settlement and a chapel with one occupant:...
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