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Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Erskine Sanford

Gangster Eddie Lee (Paul Muni) is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil (Claude Rains) sees that he is an-exact double for a...( read more  read more... ) judge who Nick doesn't approve of. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancé's Barbara (Anne Baxter.) Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future.

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Unrated, 100 min.

Directed by: Archie Mayo

Release Date: January 1, 1946

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DVD Release Date: March 14, 2000

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  • codyfranklin2
    May 8, 2009
    codyfranklin2
    A interesting film that is Here Come Mr. Jordan in reverse. Paul Muni is a murdered gangster that is resurrected by the devil(Claude Rains) to replace a judge to carry out his evil deeds. Muni is bent on revenge, but his bad intentions backfire and he starts to see the error of h...( read more)is ways. At times the story is heavy handed, but Rains and Muni pull off good and fun performances. The story is a good idea, but not strong with a lot of holes. The performances make this film enjoyable and it has a good ending.
  • dukeakasmudge
    October 29, 2009
    dukeakasmudge
    Great gangster love story.I checked this out at the library & liked it so much I bought it off Amazon
  • datovs
    November 21, 2007
    datovs
    A good movie with an original storyline. The melodramatic "hell" and the fanciful flames is the downfall of this movie. A good watch.
  • CloudIsAMonkey
    June 14, 2007
    CloudIsAMonkey
    I have one too. His name is Poprogo.
  • mrsspecht
    June 7, 2007
    mrsspecht
    If anyone can find the other "angel on my shoulder" with Peter Strauss let me know.
  • boardchik24
    February 28, 2007
    boardchik24
    nope- dont wanna c it!

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