"Anybody who could turn Lot's wife into a pillar of salt, incinerate Sodom and Gomorrah and make it rain for forty days and forty nights has got to be a fun guy."

1977

1h 38m

6.5(128 votes)

Fantasy

Comedy

Overview

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.

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Cast & Crew

37 members

Acting

John Denver

Jerry Landers

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George Burns

God

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Teri Garr

Bobbie Landers

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Donald Pleasence

Doctor Harmon

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Ralph Bellamy

Sam Raven

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William Daniels

George Summers

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Barnard Hughes

Judge Baker

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Paul Sorvino

Reverend Willie Williams

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Barry Sullivan

Bishop Reardon

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Dinah Shore

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Jeff Corey

Rabbi Silverstone

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George Furth

Briggs

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David Ogden Stiers

Mr. McCarthy, District Produce Manager

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Titos Vandis

Greek Bishop Markos

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Moosie Drier

Adam Landers

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Rachel Longaker

Becky Landers

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Jerry Dunphy

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Mario Machado

TV Reporter

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Connie Sawyer

Mrs. Green

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Jane Lambert

Mrs. Levin

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Kres Mersky

Check-out Girl

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Production

Byron Paul

TV Engineer

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Hector Morales

Room Service Waiter

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Wonderful Smith

Court Clerk

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Murphy Dunne

Court Stenographer

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Boyd Bodwell

Religious Fanatic

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Zane Buzby

Girl

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Dennis Kort

Norman

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Bob McClurg

Mechanic

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Celeste Cartier

2nd Check-out Girl

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Carl Reiner

Dinah's Guest

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John Ashton

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Bob Harks

Congregation Member (uncredited)

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Clyde Kusatsu

Supermarket Employee (uncredited)

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Stuart Nisbet

Doorman (uncredited)

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Peggy Pope

Shoplifting Customer (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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