One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

108 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 1941

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

One Foot in Heaven

108 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 1941

One Foot in Heaven
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title One Foot in Heaven
Directors Irving Rapper
Writers Hartzell Spence, Casey Robinson

Cast

Fredric March

as William Spence

Martha Scott

as Hope Morris Spence

Beulah Bondi

as Lydia Sandow

Gene Lockhart

as Preston Thurston

Elisabeth Fraser

as Eileen Spence at Age 17

Harry Davenport

as Elias Samson

Laura Hope Crews

as Mrs. Preston Thurston

Grant Mitchell

as Clayton Potter

Moroni Olsen

as Dr. John Romer

Frankie Thomas

as Hartzell Spence

Jerome Cowan

as Dr. Horrigan

Ernest Cossart

as John E. Morris

Nana Bryant

as Mrs. Morris

Carlotta Jelm

as Eileen Spence

Peter Caldwell

as Hartzell Spence

Casey Johnson

as Frazer Spence

Dorothy Adams

as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

Joan Anderson

as Child (uncredited)

Roscoe Ates

as George Reynolds (uncredited)

Leah Baird

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Clara Blandick

as Sister Watkins (uncredited)

Hobart Bosworth

as Richard Hardy Case (uncredited)

Jed Breslau

as Child (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

as Mac MacFarland (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

Mary Brodel

as Second Bride (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

as Boy (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

as Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)

Ted Crane

as Child (uncredited)

Charles Drake

as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)

Ann Edmonds

as First Bride (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

as Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

as Woman Gossip (uncredited)

Charles Ferguson

as Townsman (uncredited)

Mary Field

as Lulu Digby (uncredited)

Inez Gay

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

as Panhandler (uncredited)

William Gould

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

as Church Usher (uncredited)

Charles Halton

as Haskins (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Gertrude Hoffmann

as Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Olin Howland

as Train Station Master (uncredited)

Delos Jewkes

as Choir Member (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

as School Boy (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Alf McAfee (uncredited)

Mickey Kuhn

as Boy (uncredited)

Harry Lewis

as Young Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

Audra Lindley

as Mother (uncredited)

Becky Mack

as Thurstons' Maid (uncredited)

Jean Maddox

as First Mother (uncredited)

Hank Mann

as Sam (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Soldier (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

as Fire Watcher (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Waiting Train Passenger (uncredited)

Robert McKim

as Handsome Jack Pressley (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mira McKinney

as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

Freddie Mercer

as Choir Member (uncredited)

Bess Meyers

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Second Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Man Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

George Nichols

as Prechin' Bill Hardy (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob O'Connor

as Fire Watcher (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

as Mrs. Dibble (uncredited)

Jane Randolph

as Mother (uncredited)

Gus Reed

as Choir Member (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

as Board Member (uncredited)

Sam Rice

as Man Quieting Boys in Theater (uncredited)

Ruth Robinson

as Lydia's Maid (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

as Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Sandy Shaw

as Child (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

as Candy Butcher (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

as Parishiner Wanting More Sin in Sermon (uncredited)

Charlotte Treadway

as Ella Hodges (uncredited)

Paula Trueman

as Miss Peabody (uncredited)

Joyce Tucker

as Girl (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

as Mrs. Ehrlich (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

as Fireman Angus (uncredited)

Gig Young

as First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited)