Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957 film by John Huston
Movie film Q1196849
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Summary

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,568 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Huston[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin[4], John Huston[5]
  • Composer: Georges Auric[6]
  • Genre: war film[7], drama film[8], action film[9], romance film[10]
  • Based on: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison[11]
  • Cast member: Deborah Kerr[12], Robert Mitchum[13], Anna Sten[14]
  • Producer: Buddy Adler[15], Eugene Frenke[16]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[17]
  • Director of photography: Oswald Morris[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Commons category: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison[20]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[21]
  • Review score: 6.9/10[22], 83%[23]
  • Color: color[24]
  • Country of origin: United States[25]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1957[26]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[27], Netflix[28]
  • Main subject: Pacific War[29], World War II[30]
  • Film editor: Russell Lloyd[31]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress[32], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[33]
  • Title: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison[34]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[35]
  • After a work by: Charles Shaw[36]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[37]
  • Duration: 102 minutes[38]

Why It Matters

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'eml', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', '
    Ampas collections film id → W064840
    Sitelink count → 24
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  2. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1944, World War II, 20th century +1
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 24985
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  4. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1944, World War II, 20th century +1
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  5. 10w ago · Kooma · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1944, World War II, 20th century +1
    Publication date → +1957-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → John Lee Mahin, John Huston
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+102'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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