TV-14 1960 01:16:19 Drama Comedy

Heaven Can Wait

"A saxophone playing boxer is mistakenly collected and taken to heaven before his time and he can't go back to his original body. What to do?"

Director Alex Segal

Cast Robert Morley, Joey Bishop, Wally Cox, Elizabeth Montgomery, Anthony Francisosa

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Synopsis

Joe Pendleton, a saxophone playing boxer, is collected and taken to heaven before his scheduled death and he can't go back to his original body. Based on a 1938 play, the first filmed adaptation was 1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan". In this version, Pendleton learns his presence in heaven was a mistake and that he cannot return to his original body because his boxing manager had him cremated.

Keywords

#Anthony Francisosa #Wally Cox #Robert Morley #Joey Bishop #Elizabeth Ashley #Warren Beatty #Dupont #David Susskind #comedy #drama #fantasy #heaven #hell #cremation #airplane #not ready #boxer #saxophone