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Heaven Can Wait

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Heaven Can Wait
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NR,1hr 52min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1943
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn  ...more
Synopsis: On the day of his death in 1943, the spirit of Henry Van Cleave (Don Ameche) obligingly heads for the place where so many people had previously told him to go. The immaculately dressed septuagenarian arrives at the outer offices of Hades, where he is greeted by His Excellency (Laird Cregar), the most courteous and gentlemanly Satan in screen history. His Excellency doubts that Van Cleave has sinned enough to qualify for entrance into Hades, but Henry insists that he's led the most wicked of lives, ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Heaven Can Wait was Ernst Lubitsch's last great movie. The enduring classic came at the end of two decades of excellent work, which included such Hollywood masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner and To Be or Not to Be. In this era, the "Lubitsch Touch" became a marketable moniker which characterized his impact on the early sound days of Hollywood. Heaven is typical ... Full Review
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Don Ameche
Henry Van Cleve
Gene Tierney
Martha
Charles Coburn
Hugo Van Cleve
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Strabel
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