Heaven Can Wait

Even the devil deserves a good comeback story. A smug rogue lands in Hell only to argue his sin quota is still unmet. He spends the rest of the runtime convincing the underworld his morality is perfectly calibrated—just ask his long-suffering wife.

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Ernst Lubitsch directed Heaven Can Wait in 1943. See Ernst Lubitsch's full filmography, where to start with Ernst Lubitsch, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ernst Lubitsch.

Heaven Can Wait was released in 1943 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.