extremely slight film version of harry segall play heaven can wait star robert montgomery a a boxer who receive an unexpected transfer of his soul by a novice angel who think the boxer be to die in a plane accident . exposition heavy fantasy keep stress the same trivial point over and over and and montgomery be rather tepid in the lead ( the whole film depend upon his performance and but montgomery hasn not that much charisma a an actor to carry the weight ) . some sweet scene and but the rest be piffle . remake by warren beatty ( a heaven can wait ) in 1978 and there something about this material that none of the writer be able to solve represent the circumstance of the plot work against our sympathy for several support character and who ultimately be leave out of the happy end . from .