Episode
Touched by an Angel: The Man Upstairs
Overview
A salesman, whose ailing wife will be forced to leave a nursing home unless he can come up with $10,000, goes to Las Vegas and inadvertently sells his soul to an agent of the devil disguised as a casino manager.
Details
- Series
- Touched by an Angel
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1999-02-21
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
The Man Upstairs is Episode 16 in Season 5 of Touched by an Angel. It aired on 1999-02-21. The runtime is 48 min.
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