Heaven Only Knows
6.6
“For an angel... this buckaroo is some guy! He's on a rootin' tootin' mission from above... looking for a lost soul!”
Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his frontier community with brawn and bullets. To his dismay, Donlevy discovers that he has a guardian angel (Robert Cummings), who shows up in the guise of an Eastern tenderfoot. The angel has been sent from Above to save Donlevy's soul, and to that end encourages the one-time villain to squire a minister's daughter (Jorja Curtwright) rather than his usual dance-hall girls. Donlevy is also given tips on winning against his enemies without resorting to gunplay. The gambler finally redeems himself with Heaven by rescuing the angel from a lynch mob (how can you lynch an angel?) Heaven Only Knows deserves an "E" for Effort for bringing a fresh twist to the venerable western genre.
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Cast
13 people
Robert Cummings
Michael, aka Mike
Known for
Dial M for Murder
Saboteur
Brian Donlevy
Adam 'Duke' Byron
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Hangmen Also Die!
Marjorie Reynolds
Ginger 'The Copper Queen'
Known for
Ministry of Fear
Holiday Inn
Jorja Curtright
Drusilla Wainwright
Known for
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Bill Goodwin
Bill Plumber
Known for
Spellbound
John Litel
Reverend Wainwright
Known for
The Life of Emile Zola
Pitfall
Stuart Erwin
Sheriff Matt Bodine
Known for
Son of Flubber
Gerald Mohr
Treason
Known for
The Fantastic Four
The Angry Red Planet
Edgar Kennedy
Judd
Known for
Duck Soup
Cruel, Cruel Love
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. O'Donnell
Known for
Psycho
The Fortune Cookie
Peter Miles
Speck O'Donnell
Known for
Quo Vadis
Possessed
Will Orleans
Kansas City Kid (as Will Orlean)
Also in
Sinister Journey
Leave It to the Marines
Albert S. Rogell Director · Rowland Leigh Screenplay Art Arthur Screenplay
United States release September 12, 1947 · Produced in United States · Production United Artists Pictures
Production
Nero Films
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 12, 1947
Theatrical
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