Directed by:
Ernst LubitschScreenplay:
Samson RaphaelsonCinematography:
Edward CronjagerCast:
Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern (more)VOD (2)
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Deceased turn-of-the-century playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter through the gates of hell. Though the devil doubts that Henry’s sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha (Gene Tierney) notwithstanding. Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases his trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Gene Tierney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/347/162347494_ffc63d.jpg)
Gene Tierney
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Night and the City (1950)
![Don Ameche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/413/164413200_0ab7e2.jpg)
Don Ameche
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Trading Places (1983)
Midnight (1939)
![Charles Coburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349830_e89eb8.png)
Charles Coburn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Kings Row (1942)
![Marjorie Main](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423815_8b4cbc.png)
Marjorie Main
USA
Best movies:
Test Pilot (1938)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
![Laird Cregar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533855_ba6bb0.jpg)
Laird Cregar
USA
Best movies:
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
The Black Swan (1942)
![Spring Byington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505193_bf0e6d.jpg)
Spring Byington
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
![Allyn Joslyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/033/879/33879964_41c275.jpg)
Allyn Joslyn
USA
Best movies:
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
![Eugene Pallette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871853_4c480b.jpg)
Eugene Pallette
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Signe Hasso](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423795_0bde95.png)
Signe Hasso
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Cross (1944)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
![Louis Calhern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/500/500013_527ae0.jpg)
Louis Calhern
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Helene Reynolds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/857/162857249_175200.jpg)
Helene Reynolds
Belgium
Best movies:
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
![Aubrey Mather](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/913/160913196_5108c2.jpg)
Aubrey Mather
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
![Clarence Muse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/540/162540402_9d38d0.jpg)
Clarence Muse
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Dickie Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273541_2f2c9e.jpg)
Dickie Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Out of the Past (1947)
![Doris Merrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004156_e3f2ab.jpg)
Doris Merrick
USA
Best movies:
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
The Big Noise (1944)
![Dane Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396148_7b6fc7.jpg)
Dane Clark
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Florence Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465159_be6edf.jpg)
Florence Bates
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
The Tall Target (1951)
![Scotty Beckett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078099_60d19b.jpg)
Scotty Beckett
USA
Best movies:
Kings Row (1942)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
![Trudy Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188349_7a7c81.jpg)
Trudy Marshall
USA
Best movies:
The Sullivans (1944)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Dragonwyck (1946)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)