Something is not quite right with the cosmic order of things so heavenly bookkeeper Robert Cummings gets a field assignment on earth. Brian Donlevy's name and birth were not recorded in the celestial ledger so he's been a true free agent on Earth. If things had gone as planned he would have met and married frontier school teacher Jorja Cartwright and become a big man politically in the west. What he is now is a mine and saloon owner in partnership with Bill Goodwin who wants to dissolve the partnership any way he can. Their little feud is tearing up that patch of Montana they're from.
Cummings mission impossible like assignment in Heaven Only Knows is to get Donlevy and Cartwright together and fulfill his real life destiny. It won't be easy, especially for Cummings to avoid earthly temptations like saloon gal Marjorie Reynolds. But she's also got a destiny as well.
Heaven Only Knows is a charming enough fantasy that seems to derive from many sources. It aspires to be a Here Comes Mr. Jordan gone out west, but I also saw elements of Death Takes A Holiday and The Return Of Peter Grimm in the plot as well.
One actor in the film I wish we had seen a bit more of was Gerald Mohr who plays a Donlevy henchman with the name of Treason. He's a most mysterious and jealous sort and filling the cosmic vacuum created by Donlevy's omission at least until Cummings arrives in Montana.
In these kinds of films we can only expect a happy ending and there is one of sorts for nearly everyone. Every one of the good guys that is. Heaven Only Knows is a too little scene gem of a fantasy film, try not to miss it.
Cummings mission impossible like assignment in Heaven Only Knows is to get Donlevy and Cartwright together and fulfill his real life destiny. It won't be easy, especially for Cummings to avoid earthly temptations like saloon gal Marjorie Reynolds. But she's also got a destiny as well.
Heaven Only Knows is a charming enough fantasy that seems to derive from many sources. It aspires to be a Here Comes Mr. Jordan gone out west, but I also saw elements of Death Takes A Holiday and The Return Of Peter Grimm in the plot as well.
One actor in the film I wish we had seen a bit more of was Gerald Mohr who plays a Donlevy henchman with the name of Treason. He's a most mysterious and jealous sort and filling the cosmic vacuum created by Donlevy's omission at least until Cummings arrives in Montana.
In these kinds of films we can only expect a happy ending and there is one of sorts for nearly everyone. Every one of the good guys that is. Heaven Only Knows is a too little scene gem of a fantasy film, try not to miss it.