For Heaven's Sake
For Heaven's Sake is a 1950 fantasy film starring Clifton Webb as an angel trying to save the marriage of a couple played by Joan Bennett and Robert Cummings. It was adapted from the play May We Come In? by Harry Segall.
Plot
Angels Charles (Clifton Webb) and Arthur (Edmund Gwenn) try to convince a young cherub named Item (Gigi Perreau) to stop waiting to be born to Lydia (Joan Bennett) and Jeff Bolton (Robert Cummings). They are too busy acting in and directing plays respectively to start a family. They are also drifting apart, as Lydia wants to have a child, but Jeff convinces her to put their careers first.
More details
| author | George Seaton |
|---|---|
| director | George Seaton |
| editor | Robert L. Simpson |
| genre | drama fantasy |
| keywords | act cherub cumming drift apart drink financial backer gary cooper harry von zell human form mental hospital modern music wait west westerner |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| producer | William Perlberg |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | romantic drama romantic fantasy |