Reaching from Heaven

Reaching from Heaven

HEAVEN or HELL...The Choice is Yours

NR 1948 · 80 min · ★ 8.0 · Romance, Drama

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.

Directed by Frank R. Strayer · Written by Charles Palmer

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