
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Overview
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $15,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $98,800,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 1.0266955357142857 |
Directed By
Buck Henry
Warren Beatty
Crew
Warren Beatty
Dave Grusin
Robert C. Jones
Elaine May
Buck Henry
Don Zimmerman
William A. Fraker
Warren Beatty
Hawk Koch
George Gaines
Lee Harman
Lynda Gurasich
Charles H. Maguire
Richard Oswald
Richard Bruno
Milton Lustig
Theadora Van Runkle
Edwin O'Donovan
Charles H. Maguire
Tom Overton
Peter Sorel
Hawk Koch
Warren Beatty
Art Brooker
Doug Pentek
Karen Hale Wookey
Alan Levine
Nick McLean
Craig Huston
Sam Bernstein
John Wilkinson
Patricia Mock
R.A. MacDonald
Wayne Fitzgerald
Robert Towne
Robert Samuels
Dick Ziker
Paul Sylbert
Craig R. Baxley
Craig R. Baxley
Harry Segall
TOP CAST

Warren Beatty
Joe Pendleton

Julie Christie
Betty Logan

James Mason
Mr. Jordan

Jack Warden
Max Corkle

Charles Grodin
Tony Abbott

Dyan Cannon
Julia Farnsworth

Buck Henry
The Escort

Vincent Gardenia
Krim

Joseph Maher
Sisk

Hamilton Camp
Bentley

Arthur Malet
Everett

Stephanie Faracy
Corinne

Jeannie Linero
Lavinia
Harry D.K. Wong
Gardener
George J. Manos
Security Guard

Larry Block
Peters

Frank Campanella
Conway

Bill Sorrells
Tomarken

Dick Enberg
TV Interviewer

Dolph Sweet
Head Coach

R.G. Armstrong
General Manager

Ed Peck
Trainer

John Randolph
Former Owner

Richard O'Brien
Advisor to Former Owner
Joseph F. Makel
Haitian Ambassador

Will Hare
Team Doctor

Lee Weaver
Way Station Attendant

Roger Bowen
Newspaperman

Keene Curtis
Oppenheim
William Larsen
Renfield

Morgan Farley
Middleton

William Bogert
Lawson
Robert E. Leonard
Board Member

Joel Marston
Board Member

Earl Montgomery
Board Member
Robert C. Stevens
Board Member
Bernie Massa
Coliseum Security Guard

Peter Tomarken
Reporter

William Sylvester
Nuclear Reporter

Lisa Blake Richards
Woman Reporter
Charlie Charles
Highwire Performer
Nick Outin
Chauffeur
Jerry Scanlan
Hodges
Jim Boeke
Kowalsky
Marvin Fleming
Gudnitz

Deacon Jones
Gorman
Les Josephson
Owens
Jack Snow
Cassidy
Curt Gowdy
TV Commentator
Al DeRogatis
TV Color Analyst