Reaching from Heaven
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Reaching from Heaven

HEAVEN or HELL...The Choice is Yours

8.0 / 10 1948 1h 20mNR English
RomanceDrama

Storyline

Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and also to accept the death of his wife as she was about to embark from Europe, as a displaced person, to join him in America.

Cast & Crew

Hugh Beaumont

Hugh Beaumont

Bill Starling

Lead
Cheryl Walker

Cheryl Walker

Madeline Bradley

John Qualen

John Qualen

The Stranger

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Pastor

Charles Evans

Charles Evans

Walter Graves (as Chas. Evans)

Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton

Sophie Manley

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Max Bradley

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Kay Bradley

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank R. Strayer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Reaching from Heaven is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker