Heaven Knows, Mr Allison
Date: 1957
Director: John Huston
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
Location(s): Tobago
Region(s): Caribbean
Storyline:
Set during WW2, Mitchum, a marine, is washed up on a “Pacific” island and meets Kerr a nun. Then the Japanese land.
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- Capture 1
- 17 Jan 2011
Mitchum finds land
This is Minister Bay, just east of Bacolet Bay on the Atlantic side of Tobago. SJ
- Capture 2
- 17 Jan 2011
Mitchum and Kerr where the Bacolet river runs into Minister Bay.
Further along Minister Bay now. SJ
- Capture 3
- 17 Jan 2011
The same aquatic conference as above.
So completely overgrown, I had to resort to a reverse pov. SJ
- Capture 4
- 17 Jan 2011
The start of a pan to show Minister Bay. This shot must have been taken from the hills beyond where the Claude Noel Highway runs into Windward Road.
This was taken at sea level rather than up the hill, but it does show the arboreal promontory. SJ
- Capture 5
- 17 Jan 2011
Panning right
Going for a slightly arty shot here but there's the other promontory. I'm sure this can be improved. SJ
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
And again: the growth on the beach was much sparser over 60 years ago.
- Capture 7
- 17 Jan 2011
And again
Again at sea level rather than up the hill. Maybe a Tobagonian, or adventurous tourist, can do better than this. SJ

