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Heaven Can Wait (1943)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:12
Rotten:13
Average Rating:3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A sharp romantic comedy with the Lubitsch touch. When a dearly departed former playboy (Ameche) goes to Hell, he must convince the ruler of the realm of darkness that he has come to the right... A sharp romantic comedy with the Lubitsch touch. When a dearly departed former playboy (Ameche) goes to Hell, he must convince the ruler of the realm of darkness that he has come to the right place. He recounts his life story including his unfaithfulness to his beautiful wife (Tierney), but as his life flashes in front of his eyes, he and the devil find he was a terribly good father, a horribly loyal husband and a hideously kindhearted soul. Academy Award Nominations: Best Color Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Director. [More]
Starring: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Laird Cregar, Charles Coburn
Starring: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Laird Cregar, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Louis Calhern, Signe Hasso, Eugene Pallette, Allyn Joslyn, Spring Byington, Charles Halton
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch
Screenwriter: Samson Raphaelson
Composer: Alfred Newman
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Reviews for Heaven Can Wait
Sixty-plus years later, the movie still holds up as an amusing and tart, insouciant wartime jewel.
A complicated view of marriage and the sense of inherited patterns of behavior, set in a wholesome period costumer, make for a thought-provoking comedy.
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