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.

Comedy Drama Romance

Donald Sutherland

(Brother Thadeus)

John Heard

(Brother Timothy)

Andrew McCarthy

(Michael Dunn)

Mary Stuart Masterson

(Danni)

Kevin Dillon

(Rooney)

Malcolm Danare

(Caesar)

Jennifer Dundas

(Boo)

Kate Reid

(Grandma)

Wallace Shawn

(Father Abruzzi)

Jay Patterson

(Brother Constance)

George Anders

(Brother Augustus)

Dana Barron

(Janine)

John Eric Bentley

(First Man)

Imogene Bliss

(Cook)

Philip Bosco

(Brother Paul)

Donald Breitman

(Brother Gregory)

Nolan Carley

(Bartender)

Al Cerullo

(Pilot)

Calvert DeForest

(Bridge Operator)

Patrick Dempsey

(Corbet)

Christopher Durang

(Priest)

William Eustace

(Brother William)

Henry Fehren

(Priest Celebrant)

Janice Fuller

(Passenger)

Pamela Galvin

(Sister Thomasina)

Stephen Geoffreys

(Williams)

Richard Hamilton

(Grandpa)

Jody Jensen

(Girl #2)

Mary Koch

(Cafeteria Lady)

Paul Marchand

(Perrin)

Kachina Myers

(Girl #1)

Vic Polizos

(Police Officer)

Douglas Seale

(Brother Domenic)

Yeardley Smith

(Cathleen)

Jimmie Ray Weeks

(Danni's Father)

Mel Winkler

(Willie)

Ed Zang

(Confessor)

Craig Austin

(High School Student (uncredited))

Victoria Boa

(Catholic School Girl (uncredited))

Nancy Cartwright

(Girl at Dance (uncredited))

Kathleen Gati

(Catholic School Girl (uncredited))

George Gerard

(High School Student (uncredited))

Justin McNeill

(Greaser (uncredited))

Keith Nisonoff

(Steve (uncredited))

Jared Simon

(Prep Student (uncredited))

Thomas E. van Dell

(Student (uncredited))

Maggie Wagner

(Catholic School Girl (uncredited))

Anthony Welch

(Catholic School Student (uncredited))