Reaching from Heaven(1948)
HEAVEN or HELL...The Choice is Yours
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.
Movie: Reaching from Heaven
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill Starling
Madeline Bradley
The Stranger
Pastor
Walter Graves (as Chas. Evans)
Sophie Manley
Max Bradley
Kay Bradley
Dorothy Gram
Buck Huggins
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