HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Details

• Release Year: 1943
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
• Plot: Deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter through the gates of hell. Though the devil doubts that Henry’s sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha (Gene Tierney) notwithstanding. Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases the filmmaker’s trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace.
• Cast: Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern, Helene Reynolds, Aubrey Mather, Tod Andrews, Florence Bates, Scotty Beckett, Clara Blandick, Leonard Carey, Dane Clark, Claire Du Brey, James Flavin, Bess Flowers, Gary Gray, Alfred Hall, Grayce Hampton, Dickie Jones, Marlene Mains, Trudy Marshall, Edwin Maxwell, Michael McLean, Doris Merrick, Dickie Moore, Bert Moorhouse, Clarence Muse, Anne O'Neal, Nino Pipitone Jr., Maureen Roden-Ryan, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Gerald Oliver Smith, Ernst Lubitsch, Samson Raphaelson, Leslie Bush-Fekete
• Director: Ernst Lubitsch
• Runtime: 1:52
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: Movie