Here Comes Mr. Jordan( 1941)

TV-MAComedyFantasyRomance

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A picture different from anything ever screened before!

Overview

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?

Top Billed Cast

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)
Lloyd Bridges
Sloan (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Newsboy (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Doctor (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Board Member (uncredited)
Bert Young
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
Man at Missing Persons Bureau (uncredited)
Eddie Bruce
Reporter (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Board Member (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Chuck - Plain Clothes Man (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Secretary (uncredited)
Billy Dawson
Johnny - Young Fan (uncredited)
Alex Dreier
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Edmund Elton
Elderly Man (uncredited)
William Forrest
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Photographer (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited)
Joe Hickey
Lou Gilbert - Fighter (uncredited)
John Ince
Bill Collector (uncredited)
John Kerns
Sparring Partner (uncredited)
Bobby Larson
Chips (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Board Member (uncredited)
Max Linder
Board Member (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Board Member (uncredited)
James Millican
Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
William Newell
Murdock Handler (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Photographer (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
Newsboy (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Board Member (uncredited)
Abe Roth
Referee (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Board Member (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Board Member (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Board Member (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
Board Member (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Dec 04 2023

Robert Montgomery is really quite good in this engaging fantasy story. He's a boxer ("Joe") working with coach "Max" (the frequently scene-stealing James Gleason) for a crack at the world title. Then, suddenly, he is joining a queue to get into Heaven. Surely some mistake, he says - and after a bit of investigation by the eponymous administrator (Claude Rains) it is discovered that he's fifty years too early. Send him back - well unfortunately his friends were a little too zealous on the cremation front so there's no longer a body. "Jordan" concludes that it's best to find him another one - and...