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Steambath (1973)
God is actually a slightly-built Puerto Rican janitor, making life and death decisions via an old-fashioned "computer"
I saw this movie over 25 years ago on TV. Several times as a matter of fact...the late, late, very late show! It really got under my skin. I've been looking for it forever, because the film really made an impact on me. I was beginning to doubt I had actually seen it. The film opens in a steam bath. Bill Bixby, confused in a towel, is told that he has died and the steam bath is the holding pen before moving into the netherworld (there's actually a door leading to eternity (heaven or hell??). He eventually determines that the skinny little Puerto Rican janitor on the other end of the room is God. "God" stands at a computer terminal making fateful decisions for those on earth (ie, Mary drives down Rt 1 in San Francisco, makes a fatal driving error and goes off the cliff). This film was highly thought-provoking and eerie. The entire film took place in the steam bath. Creepy. Makes you think.