Academy Awards, USA 1942
| Won Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story Harry Segall |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Sidney Buchman Seton I. Miller | |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture Columbia |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Robert Montgomery | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role James Gleason | |
| Best Director Alexander Hall | |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Joseph Walker |
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Alexander Hall
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Boxer Robert Montgomery is accidentally taken to heaven by an inexperienced angel to save him from a plane crash he was supposed to survive. The angel-in-charge, Claude Rains, promises to find him a new body to live out the rest of his life. He eventually ends up taking over a crooked playboy recently murdered by his wife. He sets out to repay those who were swindled, falling in love at the same time. However, when he is destined to be murdered again (why didn't the angels anticipate this?), he is forced yet again to find another body. This time he ends up a boxer in the middle of a fight for the world championship, fulfilling his real destiny, and ends up with the girl he met while in the second body. Preposterous fantasy nonsense, with Montgomery's usual deer-in-headlights performance, which some find endearing, I just find annoying.
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