A witty, caustic, and exciting film, this is a reverse from the script Segall wrote for HERE COMES MR. JORDAN. Here it is not heavenly messengers trading off bodies for a misappropriated soul; the action comes the other way, from the fiery depths, where the flamboyant Rains, as a
calculating and often funny Devil, makes a deal with lost soul Muni, a former gangster killed by a henchman, Albright. He will help Muni take his revenge on Albright if the gangster will occupy the body of a saintly judge who has prevented too many souls from slipping into Hell. Muni occupies the
judge's body but brings with him his gangster persona, and has great difficulty in adjusting t...
Released:
1946
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins