One Foot in Heaven

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Cast

Fredric March

as William Spence

Martha Scott

as Hope Morris Spence

Beulah Bondi

as Lydia Sandow

Gene Lockhart

as Preston Thurston

Elisabeth Fraser

as Eileen Spence at Age 17

Harry Davenport

as Elias Samson

Laura Hope Crews

as Mrs. Preston Thurston

Grant Mitchell

as Clayton Potter

Moroni Olsen

as Dr. John Romer

Frankie Thomas

as Hartzell Spence

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I was a little apprehensive when this started. I though we were in for one of those twee American bible-thumping exercises with soft choral music and rousing sermons. Actually, though, it’s quite a fun chronology of the life of pastor “Spence” (Fredric March) and his wife “Hope” (Martha Scott). To b...

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