Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

A picture different from anything ever screened before!

NR 1941 · 94 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

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?

Directed by Alexander Hall · Written by Sidney Buchman

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Robert Montgomery Joe Pendleton
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
Don Costello Lefty
Halliwell Hobbes Sisk
Benny Rubin Bugs
Warren Ashe Charlie (uncredited)

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