Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

2/4/2024

This is a great but underrated movie. Just because there aren't a lot of actors, the relationship between the two main characters is a wonderful thing to watch. It's too bad the other actors of note are not listed, such as I. Miynai, S. Nakagawa, Akiro Ohno and Masao Ukon. It's worth watching.

3/20/2026

US Marine “Allison” (Robert Mitchum) is shot down over a remote Pacific island and is lucky to make it safely ashore. Exploring what looks like an abandoned village he encounters it’s sole surviving human resident. A nun. “Sister Angela” (Deborah Kerr) is just as surprised to see him as he her, but soon they are working together as a most unlikely team. When they are overflown by a Japanese aircraft, they abandon their seaside dwellings and take up refuge, à la “Robinson Crusoe”, in a well concealed cave. What now ensues sees the pair play quite a perilous cat and mouse with the invaders, all whilst she steadfastly refuses to remove her bright white habit. Now there’s a fair degree of predictability about the story and it’s conclusion, but along the way we get a chance to enjoy a sharply a