Here Comes Mr. Jordan
A picture different from anything ever screened before!
1941 · 1h 34m · APPROVED
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Alexander Hall
Overview
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Director and cast
- Alexander Hall Director
- Robert Montgomery as Joe Pendleton
- Claude Rains as Mr. Jordan
- Evelyn Keyes as Bette Logan
- James Gleason as Max Corkle
- Rita Johnson as Julia Farnsworth
- Edward Everett Horton as Messenger 7013
- John Emery as Tony Abbott
- Donald MacBride as Inspector Williams
- Don Costello as Lefty
- Halliwell Hobbes as Sisk
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