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With: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Karolyn Grimes, Tito Vuolo, Regis Toomey, Sarah Edwards, Margaret McWade, Anne O'Neal
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Written by: Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici, based on a novel by Robert Nathan
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Directed by: Henry Koster
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MPAA Rating: NR
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Running Time: 109
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Date: 12/09/1947
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Angel Trust
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
The bishop, Henry (David Niven), is obsessed with raising money to build a grand new cathedral. He asks for holy guidance, and an angel, Dudley (Cary Grant), shows up. But — unbeknownst to Henry — Dudley isn't there to help Henry build the church; he's there to help Henry remember what's really important in life, including his relationship with his wife Julia (Loretta Young). Only Henry knows that Dudley is an angel, and trouble arises when Dudley spends time with Julia. She's charmed by his confidence and ease, and he falls in love with her. This is a fairly minor movie, directed with mushy ordinariness by Henry Koster, but it's lovely to look at — filled with wintry Christmas decorations — and it certainly has its sweetnesses. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett apparently worked on the screenplay without credit.
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