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Heaven Help Us

If God had wanted them to be angels, He would have given them wings!

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.

1h 44m1985RTMDb 6.4

ComedyDramaRomance

English

Crew and Cast

Michael DinnerMichael DinnerDirectorDonald SutherlandDonald SutherlandBrother ThadeusJohn HeardJohn HeardBrother TimothyAndrew McCarthyAndrew McCarthyMichael DunnMary Stuart MastersonMary Stuart MastersonDanniKevin DillonKevin DillonRooneyMalcolm DanareMalcolm DanareCaesarJennifer DundasJennifer DundasBooKate ReidKate ReidGrandmaWallace ShawnWallace ShawnFather AbruzziJay PattersonJay PattersonBrother Constance
George AndersBrother AugustusDana BarronDana BarronJanineJohn Eric BentleyJohn Eric BentleyFirst Man
Imogene BlissCookPhilip BoscoPhilip BoscoBrother Paul
Donald BreitmanBrother Gregory
Nolan CarleyBartenderAl CerulloAl CerulloPilotCalvert DeForestCalvert DeForestBridge OperatorPatrick DempseyPatrick DempseyCorbetChristopher DurangChristopher DurangPriest
William EustaceBrother William
Henry FehrenPriest Celebrant
Janice FullerPassenger
Pamela GalvinSister ThomasinaStephen GeoffreysStephen GeoffreysWilliamsRichard HamiltonRichard HamiltonGrandpa
Jody JensenGirl #2
Mary KochCafeteria Lady
Paul MarchandPerrin

Storyline

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
8 February 1985
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.4 / 10 (79 votes)

Production

Director
Michael Dinner
Writers
Charles Purpura
Studios
Silver Screen Partners, HBO Films
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English