Joe Pendleton... the only guy who ever raised Hell about going to Heaven.
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.
- 6.6
- 1978
- Released
- 1h 41m
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
GardenerGeorge 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 OwnerJoseph F. Makel
Haitian Ambassador
Will Hare
Team Doctor
Lee Weaver
Way Station Attendant
Roger Bowen
Newspaperman
Keene Curtis
OppenheimWilliam Larsen
Renfield
Morgan Farley
Middleton
William Bogert
LawsonRobert E. Leonard
Board Member
Joel Marston
Board Member
Earl Montgomery
Board MemberRobert C. Stevens
Board MemberBernie Massa
Coliseum Security Guard
Peter Tomarken
Reporter
William Sylvester
Nuclear Reporter
Lisa Blake Richards
Woman ReporterCharlie Charles
Highwire PerformerNick Outin
ChauffeurJerry Scanlan
HodgesJim Boeke
KowalskyMarvin Fleming
Gudnitz
Deacon Jones
GormanLes Josephson
OwensJack Snow
CassidyCurt Gowdy
TV CommentatorAl DeRogatis
TV Color AnalystBenjie Bancroft
Reporter (uncredited)Arline Bletcher
Woman in Line (uncredited)Charlie Cowan
Football Player (uncredited)Garrett Craig
Swimmer (uncredited)
Paul D'Amato
Swimmer's Friend (uncredited)
Robert Fortier
Wealthy Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Allan Graf
Football Player (uncredited)
Bryant Gumbel
TV Sportscaster (uncredited)Jim Healy
TV Sportscaster (uncredited)
Chick Hearn
Radio Announcer (uncredited)Ray Pourchot
Board Member (uncredited)Nick Raymond
Reporter (uncredited)
Elliott Reid
Waiter (uncredited)
Byron Webster
Waiter (uncredited)
Released
en
$15,000,000.00
$98,800,000.00
- #infidelity
- #sports
- #afterlife
- #american football
- #based on play or musical
- #remake
- #los angeles, california
- #quarterback
- #super bowl
- #environmental activist
Reviews
Maybe Warren Beatty was also a fan of Powell & Pressburger as this has shades of "Matter of Life and Death" (1946) to it. Rather than a fighter pilot though, it's quarter-back "Joe" (Beatty) who is erroneously selected to take the Concorde to heaven. He protests to supremo "Jordan" (James Mason) who discovers that his new charge is still supposed to have another fifty-odd years with his mortal coi