Heavens Above! 60 years old
Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!
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...
Credits
Heavens Above! Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Brock Peters He was 34, 77 years old when he died | as Matthew Robinson |
| Cecil Parker He was 65, 73 years old when he died | as Archdeacon Aspinall |
| Conrad Phillips He was 38, 90 years old when he died | as Deaf Man |
| Derek Nimmo He was 32, 68 years old when he died | as DG Assistant |
| Roy Kinnear He was 29, 54 years old when he died | as Fred Smith |
| Peter Sellers He was 37, 54 years old when he died | as The Rev. John Smallwood |
| Bernard Miles He was 55, 83 years old when he died | as Simpson |
| Joan Hickson She was 56, 92 years old when she died | as Housewife |
| Marianne Stone She was 40, 87 years old when she died | as Miss Palmer |
| Irene Handl She was 61, 85 years old when she died | as Rene Smith |
| Basil Dignam He was 57, 73 years old when he died | as Prison Governor |
| Miles Malleson He was 74, 80 years old when he died | as Bishop Rockeby |
| Isabel Jeans She was 71, 93 years old when she died | as Lady Despard |
| Ian Carmichael He was 42, 89 years old when he died | as The Other Smallwood |
| Colin Gordon He was 52, 61 years old when he died | as Prime Minister |
| William Hartnell He was 55, 67 years old when he died | as Major Fowler |
| Miriam Karlin She was 37, 85 years old when she died | as Winnie Smith |
| Gerald Sim He was 38, 89 years old when he died | as Store Manager |
| Rodney Bewes He was 25, 79 years old when he died | |
| Thorley Walters He was 50, 78 years old when he died | as Tranquilax Executive |
| Cardew Robinson He was 45, 75 years old when he died | as Tramp |
| John Comer He was 39, 59 years old when he died | as Butcher |
| Harry Locke He was 49, 73 years old when he died | as Shop Steward |
| Anna Wing She was 48, 98 years old when she died | as Housewife |
| Mark Eden He was 35, now 96 years old | as Sir Geoffrey Despard |
| John Junkin He was 33, 76 years old when he died | |
| Eric Barker He was 51, 78 years old when he died | as Bank Manager |
| Geoffrey Hibbert He was 40, 46 years old when he died | as Council Official |
| Joan Miller She was 5, 30 years old when she died | as Mrs Smith-Gould |
| Kenneth Griffith He was 41, 84 years old when he died | as Rev. Owen Thomas |
| Nicholas Phipps He was 49, 66 years old when he died | as DG |
| Eric Sykes He was 40, 89 years old when he died | as Harry Smith |
Heavens Above! Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Mutz Greenbaum as Director of Photography. He was 67 (72) years old when He died | Camera |
| Frank Harvey as Screenplay. He was 77 (95) years old when He died | Writing |
| Teddy Darvas as Editor. | Editing |
| Roy Boulting as Director. He was 49 (87) years old when He died | Directing |
| Roy Boulting as Producer. He was 49 (87) years old when He died | Production |
| John Boulting as Director. He was 49 (71) years old when He died | Directing |
| John Boulting as Producer. He was 49 (71) years old when He died | Production |
Heavens Above! (60 years)
Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!
- Release day: Monday, May 20, 1963
- Runtime: 118 minutes