Heaven Only Knows (film)

Heaven Only Knows
Directed by	Albert S. Rogell
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Written by	Aubrey Wisberg
Screenplay by	Art Arthur Rowland Leigh Rowland Leigh
Starring	Robert Cummings Brian Donlevy Marjorie Reynolds
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	Edward Mann
Production company	Nero Films
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	September 12, 1947 (1947-09-12)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Heaven Only Knows is a 1947 Western directed by Albert S. Rogell, starring Robert Cummings, Brian Donlevy and Marjorie Reynolds.

Plot summary

Due to a clerical error in heaven, a man who was to become a solid citizen and community leader, Duke Byron (Brian Donlevy), is born without a soul and instead becomes a corrupt gambling hall owner. To his dismay, he discovers that he has a guardian angel, Mike (Robert Cummings), who shows up in the guise of an Eastern tenderfoot, sent to help put Duke on the life path for which he was originally destined.^[1]

Mike returns to 1887 and the town of Glacier, Montana, where rival saloon owners Duke and Plummer also both want the deed to a rich copper mine. Mike makes sure Duke meets schoolmarm Drusilla Wainwright, knowing they were fated to be together but under orders not to work miracles or interfere.

Duke mistakenly believes Mike to be the Kansas City Kid, a gunfighter out to kill him. His henchman Treason decides to burn down Plummer's saloon, but a sickly child Duke likes, Speck O'Donnell, is trapped inside. Duke rescues him. Drusilla begins to fall in love with Duke, hoping he has seen the error of his ways.

A gunfight is arranged between Duke and Plummer to see which one gets the mine. A town drunk is killed by mistake, whereupon Duke shoots Plummer, angering the townspeople. Vigilantes intend to hang Duke, and when they can't catch him, they decide to lynch Mike instead. At the last minute, Duke is able to save Mike's life and reform his own. Mike rides off into the sunset and toward heaven, with the young boy Speck by his side.

Cast

Robert Cummings as Michael, aka Mike
Brian Donlevy as Adam 'Duke' Byron
Marjorie Reynolds as Ginger 'The Copper Queen'
Jorja Curtright as Drusilla Wainwright
Bill Goodwin as Bill Plummer
John Litel as Reverend Wainwright
Stuart Erwin as Sheriff Matt Bodine
Gerald Mohr as Treason
Edgar Kennedy as Judd
Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. O'Donnell
Peter Miles as Speck O'Donnell
Will Orleans as Kansas City Kid (as Will Orlean)
Ray Bennett as Lawyer Creel

References

↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77633/Heaven-Only-Knows/articles.html

External links

Heaven Only Knows at the Internet Movie Database
Heaven Only Knows at AllMovie
Heaven Only Knows at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Albert S. Rogell

Easy Money (1925)
Super Speed (1925)
Men of the Night (1926)
The Sunset Derby (1927)
Mamba (1930)
Sweepstakes (1931)
The Tip-Off (1931)
Suicide Fleet (1931)
Carnival Boat (1932)
The Rider of Death Valley (1932)
Air Hostess (1933)
The Wrecker (1933)
No More Women (1934)
Air Hawks (1935)
You May Be Next (1936)
Grand Jury (1936)
Roaming Lady (1936)
Start Cheering (1938)
The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Laugh It Off (1939)
Hawaiian Nights (1939)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Private Affairs (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
The Black Cat (1941)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Public Enemies (1941)
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
True to the Army (1942)
Priorities on Parade (1942)
Youth on Parade (1942)
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
Northwest Stampede (1948)
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Before I Wake (1954)

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