Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

N.p. N.p., Circa 1957. Vintage borderless reference photograph of John Huston, Robert Mitchum, and Deborah Kerr on the set of the 1957 film.

Based on the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw.

Two disparate souls, a US marine and a Catholic nun, are stranded on a deserted island together in the South Pacific during World War II.

Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Kerr and Best Screenplay.

Set on Tuasiva Island, shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago.

Mitchum shot two films in Trinidad/Tobago in 1956/1957, the other being Robert Parrish's "Fire Down Below" with Jack Lemmon and Rita Hayworth, and met Calypso musicians Mighty Sparrow and Lord Invador, inspiring him to release his own Calypso album "Calypso - Is Like So" in March 1957.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing and edgewear, and two small pinholes on lower left.

[Book #150850]