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70% Critic Match
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
“A picture different from anything ever screened before!”
7.0 / 10• 1941• 1h 34m•NR• English
ComedyFantasyRomance
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Robert Montgomery
Joe Pendleton
Lead
Evelyn Keyes
Bette Logan
Claude Rains
Mr. Jordan
Rita Johnson
Julia Farnsworth
Edward Everett Horton
Messenger 7013
James Gleason
Max Corkle
John Emery
Tony Abbott
Donald MacBride
Inspector Williams
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alexander Hall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Here Comes Mr. Jordan is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
