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7 August 1941 (USA) moreTagline:
A picture different from anything ever screened before!Plot:
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations moreUser Comments:
Oh! Dear! Oh! Dear! moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | 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 | ... | Inspector Williams |
| Don Costello | ... | Lefty |
| Halliwell Hobbes | ... | Sisk |
| Benny Rubin | ... | Bugs |
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94 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Filming Locations:
Providencia Ranch, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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James Gleason was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the role of Max Corkle. This is the first time in Academy Awards history for a person to be nominated for a supporting Oscar for a role for which a different person would later also be nominated for a supporting Oscar: Jack Warden was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Max Corkle in Heaven Can Wait (1978). moreGoofs:
Continuity: Pendleton (as Farnsworth) hands the $25,000 check to Max, who takes it with his left hand. There's an edit to a slightly different angle and suddenly the check is in Max's right hand. moreSoundtrack:
The Last Rose of Summer moreFAQ
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Joe Pendleton dies prematurely when a heavenly messenger takes him before his time. This film examines how that messenger and his supervisor try and placate Mr. Pendleton with other bodies. This is a charming, fun, almost innocent film from a bygone era. Robert Montgomery is very good as the saxaphone-playing boxer who outwardly seems rough but inwardly has a heart of gold(okay, it gave me cliches too). The cast in this film excels. Montgomery is ably assisted by Claude Rains, James Gleason, Evelyn Keyes, and, my personal favourite, Edward Everett Horton. Rains plays the heavenly Mr. Jordan trying to fix Horton's heavenly blunder. Rains is as always very good, and his scenes in particular bring a warm glow to the screen. My favourite moments, however, are the scenes with rains and Horton talking "shop" and the ones with Horton and Montgomery bantering back and forth. Horton is a forgotten mine of comedic ability. Many reviewers seem obligated to make comparisons between this film and its most famous remake Heaven Can Wait. I like them both. Both films have qualities that exceed the other. Why we have to say one is better solely because it is older(or newer) is beyond me sometime.