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The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
Ed Agresti
- Attorney
- (uncredited)
Murray Alper
- Jim - Taxicab Driver
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Citizen
- (uncredited)
Joan Blair
- Brazen Girl in Hell
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Citizen
- (uncredited)
James Carlisle
- Citizen
- (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
- Lucius
- (uncredited)
Chester Clute
- Kramer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film's original title was "Me and Satan", but producer Charles R. Rogers decided to change it on the conclusion that no one would want to go to see a film about the Devil.
- GoofsUpon arriving in hell, Eddie complains of the smell of rotten eggs. A "chemist" states that this is due to H2SO4, which he unconventionally calls "hydrogen sulfuric acid". H2SO4 is sulfuric acid, and it does not smell like rotten eggs; hydrogen sulfide (H2S) produces the rotten-egg smell.
- Quotes
Eddie Kagle: Take a powder.
Albert, Parker's Servant: Take a powder sir? Oh, you mean scram.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits: This story is about Eddie Kagle who based his way of living on what Omar Khayyam once said: "Live fully while you may and reckon not the cost."
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Angel on my Shoulder (2023)
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A good period fantasy
I admit I'm a sucker for both postwar noir and movies about heaven, hell, the Devil et al, from "Dante's Inferno" through "Petey Wheatstraw," so maybe I like this one more than you would. But I do like it a lot. Paul Muni is hilarious, mugging outrageously when he's not leaping through the air to rumble with devils or thugs.
Never been the biggest Claude Rains fan--his prissiness wears on me midway through any film he's in--but he makes a good, nasty Satan. The scenes in Hell, which looks like the boiler room on the Titanic, are priceless. Lots of good character actors playing brawny devils, lunkheaded mooks, tough dames, flustered Man Fridays and such. The plots a little more clever than you'd expect from this kind of film, with a very nice twist at the end. Definitely worth seeing if you're a fan of the oldies.
Never been the biggest Claude Rains fan--his prissiness wears on me midway through any film he's in--but he makes a good, nasty Satan. The scenes in Hell, which looks like the boiler room on the Titanic, are priceless. Lots of good character actors playing brawny devils, lunkheaded mooks, tough dames, flustered Man Fridays and such. The plots a little more clever than you'd expect from this kind of film, with a very nice twist at the end. Definitely worth seeing if you're a fan of the oldies.
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- Sep 28, 2004
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- Me and Satan
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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