Highway to Heaven (1984)★ 6.9/10

Not Rated · US · 60 min · September 19, 1984 · 5 seasons

Drama
Fantasy

Directed by: Michael Landon, Victor French, Dan Gordon, William F. Claxton

Written by: Michael Landon, Dan Gordon, Lan O'Kun, Parke Perine, Paul W. Cooper

A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people.

Original title

Highway to Heaven

Storyline

Jonathan Smith is a probationary angel sent back to Earth to help people. During the series' first episode, he meets embittered ex-policeman Mark Gordon (as Jonathan is walking along a little-used road, on which Mark happens to be driving). Jonathan helps reform Mark, with the grateful Mark agreeing to become Jonathan's right-hand associate in carrying out the heavenly mission. The two begin traveling the country as itinerant workers, receiving assignments from "the Boss" (God), with their mission being to deliver love, understanding and humility to the people they encountered. Typical episodes stressed moral, Christian themes; though many episodes dealt with common human failings, such as egotism, bitterness and greed, some shows addressed such topics as racism and cancer. A few shows, however, were played mainly for laughs (such as Landon recreating his first famous starring role in a takeoff of his 1957 film I Was a Teenage Werewolf and his role in in little house on the prairie).

Rating

6.9 / 10 · 7,758

Companies

Michael Landon Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 20th Century Fox Television, M6, A&E Home Video, América 2, Canal 11 Buenos Aires, Con Dios Entertainment, Elephant Films, Fox Life, Fox Nation, Genesis Entertainment, ITV - Independent Television, Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO), Llamentol, Mill Creek Entertainment, Monte Carlo Televisión - Canal 4, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Pidax Film, Televisión Federal (Telefe), Worldvision Enterprises

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