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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Play trailer Poster for Here Comes Mr. Jordan Released Jul 23, 1941 1h 33m Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Boxer Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) is killed in a plane crash on the way to a championship fight. Unfortunately, Joe wasn't supposed to die and is brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel (Edward Everett Horton). The angel's boss, Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), sends Joe back to earth in the body of a murdered playboy to straighten out his life and resume his boxing career. Along the way, he meets an idealistic young woman (Evelyn Keyes) and falls head over heels in love.
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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 5/5 Jun 23, 2004 Full Review Ross McIndoe The Skinny It has the goofy glamour of an era when characters in love could only embrace standing up, brought to life by big, broad performances from Montgomery, James Gleason and Edward Horton. Rated: 4/5 Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Excellent acting, cinematography, and direction, with a consistently upbeat and reasoning approach to heavy themes. Rated: 8/10 Aug 5, 2020 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Effortlessly charming and endlessly imitated, Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a fantasy comedy with a surprisingly complex take on the afterlife and the nature of fate. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 5, 2019 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk juggles the tones and genre shifts with an impressive deftness that makes it feel all of a piece even though, in many ways, it is all over the place Rated: 3/4 Jul 6, 2016 Full Review Christopher Machell CineVue There are some nice comic moments peppered throughout, but more interesting than the film itself is its influence on film and TV. Rated: 3/5 Jun 20, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Leaburn O Watched after seeing Heaven Can Wait. The original is identical and good for its age. Watched on DVD. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/24 Full Review Grant H Precise storytelling that doesn't waste words or time. Relax and indulge in another film from Hollywood's prime. A first-rate fantasy that shows modern producers how it should be done. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/24 Full Review nick s A lot of the cinematography was great, but I didn't connect with the main character at all. I know he was meant to be a low educated boxer, but they could have at least given him street smarts. He came across as dumb as a rock... extremely slow to figure out what was going on. I also felt there was a lot of repitition explaining how the world worked, as if the audience didn't get it the first two times. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/30/23 Full Review Raymond H Like many people, I saw the Warren Beatty remake before this one. I loved that one, but the original is just as good! Great acting, great dialogue! Good score by Frederick Hollander. Highly recommended! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/23 Full Review Russ G I'll give the supporting cast due credit for their professionalism but this particular fairy tale is otherwise weak. Plot holes aplenty; with the worst one being KO Murdoch being gunned down from close range in front of a crowd of thousands. We aren't shown that event, probably because even the writers and director knew it couldn't be made semi-believable. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/16/22 Full Review Liam D A Charming Frank Capra inspired Romcom with a great supporting performance by Claude Rains (The Sea Hawk, Caesar and Cleopatra) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Boxer Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) is killed in a plane crash on the way to a championship fight. Unfortunately, Joe wasn't supposed to die and is brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel (Edward Everett Horton). The angel's boss, Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), sends Joe back to earth in the body of a murdered playboy to straighten out his life and resume his boxing career. Along the way, he meets an idealistic young woman (Evelyn Keyes) and falls head over heels in love.
Director
Alexander Hall
Producer
Everett Riskin
Screenwriter
Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 23, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Runtime
1h 33m
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