Heaven Can Wait is a 1943 American fantasy comedy movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch and was based on the 1934 play "Birthday" by Leslie Bush-Fekete. It stars Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Aubrey Mather, Allyn Joseph, Tod Andrews and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards in 1944. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.