Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another as the two hope for a rescue.

Director

John Huston

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

20th Century Fox

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total

You Might Also Like

Twelve O'Clock High, Tea and Sympathy, Peter Pan, The Spirit of St Louis, Elmer Gantry, Farewell, My Lovely, Lean on Me, King Kong, Moby Dick, Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, Partysaurus Rex, Judgment at Nuremberg, Nine Lives, The Boy and the Beast, Horton Hears a Who!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sister Angela

Corporal Allison USMC

View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 59 Clips

Cpl. Allison, Usmc Sister Angela Corporal Allison Usmc

Let's just keep it quiet - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Let's just keep it quiet

You're alone here - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

You're alone here

I'd better transfer
out of the sun, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I'd better transfer out of the sun, ma'am.

Excuse me, ma'am, I'm... - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Excuse me, ma'am, I'm...

You, ma'am. You... - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

You, ma'am. You...

How about seconds,
ma'am? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

How about seconds, ma'am?

Who belongs to this? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Who belongs to this?

I seen some bamboo
over there. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I seen some bamboo over there.

Look at the turtle, Mr. Allison,
sunning himself. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Look at the turtle, Mr. Allison, sunning himself.

I seen a length of rope over there
by that shed. Go get it. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I seen a length of rope over there by that shed. Go get it.

We're gonna catch that turtle,
ma'am. Are we, Mr. Allison? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

We're gonna catch that turtle, ma'am. Are we, Mr. ...

Got him. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Just like takin' candy from a baby - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Just like takin' candy from a baby

Oh! - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Bless, O Lord, the rest
I am about to take... - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Bless, O Lord, the rest I am about to take...

I was saying my prayers. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I was saying my prayers.

Do you never say yours,
Mr. Allison? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Do you never say yours, Mr. Allison?

They're back, ma'am,
like I thought. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

They're back, ma'am, like I thought.

I'm all right, truly. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I'm all right, truly.

It's all over,
ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

It's all over, ma'am.

Why are they shooting? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Why are they shooting?

We better crawl back
in our hole, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

We better crawl back in our hole, ma'am.

There ain't much we won't know
about this cave before we're through. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

There ain't much we won't know about this cave bef...

Don't speak,
even to whisper, - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Don't speak, even to whisper,

Our luck's holding,
ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Our luck's holding, ma'am.

Please try, ma'am.
Like me. Look. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Please try, ma'am. Like me. Look.

I'm sorry,
Mr. Allison, I... - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I'm sorry, Mr. Allison, I...

Mr. Allison? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Hail Mary, full of grace, - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Hail Mary, full of grace,

Hey! - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Didn't I tell you never to leave this cave - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Didn't I tell you never to leave this cave

Now, no more crying, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Now, no more crying, ma'am.

Guns. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Battlewagons slugging it out. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Battlewagons slugging it out.

They left all kinds of stuff
here, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

They left all kinds of stuff here, ma'am.

With anyone else
but me - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

With anyone else but me

Some moon,
ain't it, ma'am? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Some moon, ain't it, ma'am?

I've never loved anyone or anybody before - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I've never loved anyone or anybody before

Well, guess I'll go, uh,
fix that lean-to for you. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Well, guess I'll go, uh, fix that lean-to for you.

I must've been off my rocker last night - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

I must've been off my rocker last night

Oh. Yes, it is strong, isn't it? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Oh. Yes, it is strong, isn't it?

What is the matter - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

What is the matter

Come back, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Come back, ma'am.

Where are you, ma'am? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Where are you, ma'am?

Why'd you want
to run off like that for, ma'am? - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Why'd you want to run off like that for, ma'am?

You don't have to be afraid of me - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

You don't have to be afraid of me

Now, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Only God knows what'll happen to us - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Only God knows what'll happen to us

They're coming up here. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

They're coming up here.

Dear God, Mr. Allison here
is not of the church. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Dear God, Mr. Allison here is not of the church.

Hey, Joe! - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Ma'am! - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

That's the stuff, navy! - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

That's the stuff, navy!

And they got
a landin' force - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

And they got a landin' force

Don't sit under the apple tree - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Don't sit under the apple tree

Well, mission accomplished,
like they say, ma'am. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

Well, mission accomplished, like they say, ma'am.

Good-bye. - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

No breechblocks - Heaven Knows, Mr Allison

No breechblocks

Heaven Knows, Mr Allison poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another as the two hope for a rescue.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Huston

Writer: John Lee Mahin, John Huston, Charles Shaw

Production: 20th Century Fox

Genre: adventure, drama, war

Year: 1957

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 13 Mar 1957

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total

Homepage:

Also watch: Twelve O'Clock High, Tea and Sympathy, Peter Pan, The Spirit of St Louis, Elmer Gantry, Farewell, My Lovely, Lean on Me, King Kong, Moby Dick, Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, Partysaurus Rex, Judgment at Nuremberg, Nine Lives, The Boy and the Beast, Horton Hears a Who!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest