Heaven Only Knows poster

Movie · 1947

Heaven Only Knows

Released 12 September 1947 More from 1947 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first
Edgar Kennedy
as Judd
57
Stuart Erwin
as Sheriff Matt Bodine
44
Bill Goodwin
as Bill Plumber
37
Gerald Mohr
as Treason
33
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
24years between the oldest and youngest billed
57Edgar Kennedy — oldest on the call sheet
33Gerald Mohr — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast
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