Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
AboveDeepBuggy
Some things I liked some I did not.
Tacticalin
An absolute waste of money
calvinnme
Marvelous WW II film, set in the South Pacific in 1944, on an island three hundred miles from Fiji. Mr. Allison (Mitchum), sole survivor of from his submarine, washes up on an island. He meets Sister Angela (Kerr), who was left behind when the ship that was supposed to take her from the island left without her. A Japanese plane flies over while on a reconnaissance mission. I'll let you watch and see where the film takes it from there.Mitchum and and Kerr (she was nominated for an Oscar) are both excellent and have chemistry, as the film gradually turns into a love story/comedy. Mitchum's encounter with a turtle and Kerr's introduction to sushi are especially memorable. On paper, you would think this teaming would never work - Kerr playing one of her various governess/nun personalities, Mitchum being one of his various hard guy types with a soul, but they play off of each other marvelously and are paired in three more films after this, the last one being in the 1980s.Oswald Morris did the fine cinematography. John Huston wrote the Oscar nominated screenplay, and four different composers were responsible for the musical score, which verges on being cute. Very worthwhile.
gavin6942
A Marine and a Nun, The Marine (Robert Mitchum) is shipwrecked on a Pacific Island and the Nun (Deborah Kerr) has been left behind there, they find comfort in one another as the two wait out the war.First, I want to say I think it is a shame that the Japanese actors are uncredited. Sure, they have only a very small part. But still, with a cast of basically two people, would it hurt to add these two guys? (Even IMDb has no idea who they are.) But what I really liked about this film is just how strong Robert Mitchum is. I love him as a dirty, nasty villain, in such classics as "Cape Fear" and "Night of the Hunter". But you know what? This just shows he also has a caring side and can actually come across as romantic and sweet when he wants to.Deborah Kerr is also good, but I wish they had not scripted the nun to be so naive. She comes off as very ignorant at times, which is unfair. No doubt any real nun would be quite worldly.
gilligan1965
Has Deborah Kerr ever made a bad movie? Has Robert Mitchum? NO! Neither has John Huston!All are present in this great movie about two people from completely different backgrounds suddenly thrown together and working together to avoid or overcome the many dangers they encounter...to survive.Deborah Kerr, the beautiful-yet-dainty lady of the 1950s, as a Catholic Nun, stuck on a Pacific island during World War 2 with Robert Mitchum, the tough-guy ladies-man of the same era, as a US Marine!?!?Sister Angela (Kerr) is not only a devout 'almost' Nun, but, also a beautiful "LADY;" whereas Corporal Allison (Mitchum) is not only a devout and tough US Marine, but, also a studly "MAN."I'm only happy that this movie was made in the 1950s (1957), because, if it was made in the late 1960s or later, some, or, many, improper and even, unsavory things may have happened that would have turned the potential 'hero' Marine into something much less honorable; and/or, the innocent 'celibate' Nun into something less pure. I felt the need to include this because, in reality...how many pairs of heteros are there in the world who could possibly find themselves in a situation like this and not have 'thoughts' and 'feelings?' ...and, how many of them wouldn't actually act upon them, especially after time goes on, and, on, and, on, and you continually find this 'good-looking opposite-sex' person as your 'only' companion, day-after-day, week-after-week, etc...and, they're so good to you!?!? It could either be like Job's devotion to God; or, like your natural devotion to nature and normalcy...even, love!?!?However, Sister Angela is a Nun and a Proper Lady; and, Corporal Allison is all of a Gentleman.Either way, this is a great movie that not all will find particularly realistic and/or believable, but, all will enjoy...without exception.
Victoria Bergesen
I have just watched this film's debut on TCM. Robert Mitchum is one of my favorites, and there is no doubt that Deborah Kerr was a fine actress. Who can doubt John Huston's prowess? This script seems like an African Queen knock-off. A "crude" man discovers an unworldly religious woman in the middle of nowhere. They survive primitive conditions and great hardship and come to love and respect each other.The characters are one-dimensional. Apparently the script was altered from the original novel to placate the codes of the Roman Catholic Church at the time. Whatever the reasons, this is not a film I would see again.
