When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Acting
George Burns IS God. The cigar, the timing, the unbothered energy.
Writing
Larry Gelbart's divine zingers aged weirdly well for 1977.
Direction
Reiner lets Denver's earnest dorkiness play perfectly against Burns' dryness.
Director
Carl Reiner
John Denver
Jerry Landers
George Burns
God
Teri Garr
Bobbie Landers
Donald Pleasence
Doctor Harmon
Ralph Bellamy
Sam Raven
William Daniels
George Summers
Barnard Hughes
Judge Baker
Paul Sorvino
Reverend Willie Williams
Barry Sullivan
Bishop Reardon
Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore
Jeff Corey
Rabbi Silverstone
George Furth
Briggs
David Ogden Stiers
Mr. McCarthy, District Produce Manager
Titos Vandis
Greek Bishop Markos
Moosie Drier
Adam Landers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Burns was 81 when he played God; he joked it was 'method casting.' He performed the role in two sequels.
This was John Denver's only significant dramatic role—his 'aw shucks' sincerity was exactly what Reiner wanted for a guy arguing with God in a supermarket.
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