Heaven Can Wait Movie Review 1943

Social satire in which a rogue tries to convince the Devil to admit him into Hell by relating the story of his philandering life and discovers that he was a more valuable human being than he thought. A witty Lubitsch treat based on the play "Birthdays."

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Fantasy, Adapted from a Play, Sex & Sexuality, Death & the Afterlife, Heaven Sent, Hell, The Meaning of Life

Cast

Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Eugene Pallette, Allyn Joslyn, Spring Byington, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern, Dickie Moore, Florence Bates, Scotty Beckett, Charles Halton

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Producer

20th Century-Fox, Ernst Lubitsch