Heaven Help Us

Heaven Help Us

104 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 8, 1985

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.

Heaven Help Us

104 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 8, 1985

Heaven Help Us
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Silver Screen Partners, TriStar Pictures, HBO
Original title Heaven Help Us
Directors Michael Dinner
Writers Charles Purpura

Cast

Donald Sutherland

as Brother Thadeus

John Heard

as Brother Timothy

Andrew McCarthy

as Michael Dunn

Kevin Dillon

as Rooney

Malcolm Danare

as Caesar

Kate Reid

as Grandma

Wallace Shawn

as Father Abruzzi

Jay Patterson

as Brother Constance

George Anders

as Brother Augustus

Dana Barron

as Janine

John Eric Bentley

as First Man

Imogene Bliss

as Cook

Philip Bosco

as Brother Paul

Donald Breitman

as Brother Gregory

Nolan Carley

as Bartender

Al Cerullo

as Pilot

Calvert DeForest

as Bridge Operator

Patrick Dempsey

as Corbet

Christopher Durang

as Priest

William Eustace

as Brother William

Henry Fehren

as Priest Celebrant

Janice Fuller

as Passenger

Pamela Galvin

as Sister Thomasina

Stephen Geoffreys

as Williams

Richard Hamilton

as Grandpa

Jody Jensen

as Girl #2

Mary Koch

as Cafeteria Lady

Paul Marchand

as Perrin

Kachina Myers

as Girl #1

Vic Polizos

as Police Officer

Douglas Seale

as Brother Domenic

Yeardley Smith

as Cathleen

Jimmie Ray Weeks

as Danni's Father

Mel Winkler

as Willie

Ed Zang

as Confessor

Craig Austin

as High School Student (uncredited)

Victoria Boa

as Catholic School Girl (uncredited)

Nancy Cartwright

as Girl at Dance (uncredited)

Kathleen Gati

as Catholic School Girl (uncredited)

George Gerard

as High School Student (uncredited)

Justin McNeill

as Greaser (uncredited)

Keith Nisonoff

as Steve (uncredited)

Jared Simon

as Prep Student (uncredited)

Thomas E. van Dell

as Student (uncredited)

Maggie Wagner

as Catholic School Girl (uncredited)

Anthony Welch

as Catholic School Student (uncredited)