The film is about these two mismatched people thrown together and what they have to do to survive. It's a small island, but apparently strategically located. The only other person on the island is a nun who has seen all the others die or flee the island. Corporal Allison, USMC arrives on a rubber raft after the Japanese opened fire on a submarine he was on. The African Queen was in World War I and this film is set on a backwater Pacific island in World War II. This film is always and rightly compared to The African Queen with a female in the religious missionary profession and a hell-raising outsider thrown together in war time. Otherwise he might well have gotten nominations for this, Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear, Ryan's Daughter, The Sundowners, The Friends of Eddie Coyle and a few others. Sometimes Bob was a bit too candid about what he thought of the film industry and his chosen profession. In Mitchum's case I think that some of his irreverent comments offended a few people. Mitchum was nominated once at the beginning of his career in the Best Supporting Actor category in The Story of GI Joe and then never again. Kerr had several nominations, but never came up a winner. One of the great injustices of Hollywood history is the fact that Deborah Kerr was nominated for Best Actress while Robert Mitchum got nary a mention for Best Actor in Heaven Knows, Mr.
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