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One Foot in Heaven

Folks, meet a grand FATHER! He's the affable, laffable head of the most delightful family that ever stepped out of America's screens...into America's hearts!

1941 · 1h 48m · APPROVED Drama
Directed by Irving Rapper

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Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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Out of Hartzell Spence's deeply affectionate biography of his ministerial father, William Spence, the Warners have derived a cheerful and warmly compassionate film, an excellent character study and an adult entertainment on the screen.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

A warm and human preachment for godliness.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

The movie's stiff sense of virtue won it an Oscar nomination, but more impressive is Scott's weirdly distant performance as a woman who impulsively accepts the life of a church mouse and then finds she can't do much for her children.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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