Heavens Above!

– A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric,..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 58 Minutes
Release Year:
1963
Heavens Above! (1963)

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the conservative and narrow-minded locals, and he soon creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading the local landowner to provide free food for the church to distribute free to the people of the town. When the congregation leaders realise the mistake and call for the Church of England to remove him, this turns out to be a very, very difficult issue - until one clergyman realises that a British project to send a man into space is in need of an astronaut...

Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

23 May 1963

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

John Boulting, Roy Boulting

Writer:

Frank Harvey (original story), John Boulting (original story), Frank Harvey (screenplay), John Boulting (screenplay), Malcolm Muggeridge (idea)

Main Actors:

Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael

Plot:

A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.

Production:

Janus Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10