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.

Cast

Donald Sutherland

as Brother Thadeus

John Heard

as Brother Timothy

Andrew McCarthy

as Michael Dunn

Mary Stuart Masterson

as Danni

Kevin Dillon

as Rooney

Malcolm Danare

as Caesar

Jennifer Dundas

as Boo

Kate Reid

as Grandma

Wallace Shawn

as Father Abruzzi

Jay Patterson

as Brother Constance

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