---
title: 'Heaven Can Wait (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/heaven-can-wait-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035979/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Heaven Can Wait (1943)

1943 · 108 min · Drama, Fantasy, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Heaven Can Wait is a 1943 American supernatural romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, and Charles Coburn. The film follows Henry Van Cleve, a man brought up in late 19th-century New York who, upon his death in 1942, attempts to argue to Satan that he deserves to be in Hell based on his life choices. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson is based on the play Birthday by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete. The music score was by Alfred Newman and the cinematography by Edward Cronjager.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch), [Samson Raphaelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samson-raphaelson)
- **Producer:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Cronjager](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-cronjager)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Louis Calhern](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-calhern)
- [Signe Hasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/signe-hasso)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse)
- [Anita Sharp-Bolster](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-sharp-bolster)
- [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse)
- [Gene Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-tierney)
- [Dickie Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dickie-moore-2)
- [Dick Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-jones)
- [Scotty Beckett](https://cinepixo.com/people/scotty-beckett)
- [Aubrey Mather](https://cinepixo.com/people/aubrey-mather)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [Laird Cregar](https://cinepixo.com/people/laird-cregar)
- [Dane Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/dane-clark)
- [Jay Eaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-eaton)
- [Allyn Joslyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/allyn-joslyn)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/heaven-can-wait-1943
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