Director: Alexander Hall

Writers: Sidney Buchman; Seton I. Miller

From a play: Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall

Music by: Frederick Hollander

Producer: Everett Riskin

Keywords: Romantic Comedy, Airplane Crash

Aspiring championship boxer Joe Pendleton is killed in an airplane crash; he was not scheduled to die but instead fell victim to a heavenly bookkeeping error. Mr. Jordan arranges for a new body so that Joe can live the designated number of years. And Joe may have an undeniable destiny as a boxer. Won Oscars for Best Original Story and Best Screenplay; received additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Cinematography.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Emery	Actor	20-May-1905	16-Nov-1964	Rocketship X-M
James Gleason	Actor	23-May-1882	12-Apr-1959	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Halliwell Hobbes	Actor	16-Nov-1877	20-Feb-1962	British-American character actor
Edward Everett Horton	Actor	18-Mar-1886	29-Sep-1970	Prolific 1930s comedic actor
Rita Johnson	Actor	13-Aug-1913	31-Oct-1965	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Evelyn Keyes	Actor	20-Nov-1916	4-Jul-2008	Gone with the Wind
Donald MacBride	Actor	23-Jun-1889	21-Jun-1957	High Sierra
Robert Montgomery	Actor	21-May-1904	27-Sep-1981	Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Claude Rains	Actor	10-Nov-1889	30-May-1967	The Invisible Man

CAST

Starring
Robert Montgomery	...   Joe Pendleton
Claude Rains	...   Mr.Jordan
Evelyn Keyes	...   Bette Logan
With
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	...   Bugs

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