Heaven Can Wait

A quarterback gets prematurely yanked to heaven then denied reentry because HR down in Accounting misplaced his file. With his original body incinerated, he’s rerouted through the recently deceased, who happened to own the team he wanted to buy anyway. The murderous next-of-kin stare as he buys the club just to resume throwing touchdown passes.

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Buck Henry directed Heaven Can Wait in 1978. See Buck Henry's full filmography, where to start with Buck Henry, or where to go after you've seen everything by Buck Henry.

Heaven Can Wait was released in 1978 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.