Adapted from the book by Charles Tazewell. Michael, a shepherd boy living in Biblical times, finds himself transported to Heaven on his eighth birthday. Michael doesn't fully understand where he is, or why he's there. A guardian angel named Patience is given the task of showing Michael the joys of Heaven and helping him find his place in the Hereafter.
Directed by Joe Layton
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Cast
Johnny Whitaker
Michael
Fred Gwynne
Patience, the Guardian Angel
Cab Calloway
Gabriel
E.G. Marshall
God
John McGiver
Angel of the Peace
Tony Randall
Democritus
George Rose
The Celestial Psychopomp
Connie Stevens
The Flying Mistress
James Coco
Father
Evelyn Russell
Mother
Cris Alexander
Raphael
George Blackwell
The Coach Driver
Mary Jo Catlett
The Scribe I
Lu Leonard
The Scribe II
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