Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) is a boxer headed for a championship fight until he is killed in a plane crash. Unfortunately for Joe, he was not supposed to die in the crash, but instead was brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel (Edward Everett Horton). It is up to the angel's boss, Jordan (Claude Rains), to find Joe a new body and give him another chance to fight for the title. In the process of finding his new home, Joe finds an idealistic young woman (Evelyn Keyes) to whom he is immediately smitten, and she gives him a reason to live beyond prize fighting.
Directed by
Alexander Hall
Written by
Harry Segall (play "Heaven Can Wait"); Sidney Buchman (writer); Seton I. Miller (writer).
Starring
Robert Montgomery (Joe Pendleton); Evelyn Keyes (Bette Logan); Claude Rains (Mr. Jordan); Rita Johnson (Julia Farnsworth); Edward Everett Horton (Messenger 7013); James Gleason (Max Corkle); John Emery (Tony Abbott); Donald MacBride (Insp. Williams); Don Costello (Lefty); Halliwell Hobbes (Sisk); Benny Rubin (Bugsy (the handler)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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