Cold Heaven (1991)

A young wife (Theresa Russell) plans on leaving her doctor husband (Mark Harmon) for her lover (James Russo). But a serious boating accident in Mexico leaves him dead. When his body goes missing from the morgue, the question arises ..... is he dead? Based on the novel by Brian Moore (LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE) and directed by Nicolas Roeg (WALKABOUT). Although there's a supernatural atmosphere not unlike Roeg's DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) and for awhile, you think he might be headed in that direction, it has a religious bent to it. It's as if Roeg had become a born again Christian and wanted to share his newfound faith. The film's finale is right out of 1940s Hollywood but the movie lacks the sincerity of a simpler religious film like THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943) (both Jennifer Jones and Theresa Russell have visions of the Virgin Mary). I have to confess that it did hold my interest until that wonky ending. With Talia Shire, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen, Will Patton, Seymour Cassel and Diana Douglas.