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Title: The Marine and The Nun
Review: HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON(1957)---Robert Mitchum, Deborah KerrA "two character" movie that I like a lot. Mitchum is a U.S. Marine who is stranded at sea and washes up on what appears to be a deserted island in the south Pacific during World War II. He soon runs into Kerr who is a nun that has been left alone on the island after the death of an ailing priest she had stayed on the island with to care for. A Japanese force comes to the island to establish an observation station and the bulk of the movie is taken up with the soldier and the nun trying to avoid detection and stay alive until the Americans can take the island from the Japanese. Along the way, each is forced to re-examine their lives. The film was directed by John Huston. While not a "great" or "classic" film, I enjoyed this movie a lot---I am a fan of both stars and I found the "character study" of the two individuals engaging.
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