Charley and the Angel (1973)

Directed by

Vincent McEveety

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

12

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small Midwestern town during the Great Depression, a busy father spends too much time at his hardware store and neglects his family. When an angel shows up to tell him his time on earth is almost up, he starts trying to make up for lost time.

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What happens

Charley and the Angel is a 1973 American Disney family/comedy film set in an unidentified small city in the 1930s Depression-era Midwestern United States and starring Fred MacMurray in one of his final film appearances and his last film for Disney. The film, directed by Vincent McEveety, is based on The Golden Evenings of Summer, a 1971 novel written by Will Stanton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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