Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Alexander Hall Cast: Morris W. Stoloff
Morris W. Stoloff
, Frederick Hollander
Frederick Hollander
, Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
, Claude Rains
Claude Rains
Alexander Hall
Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Alexander Hall Cast: Morris W. Stoloff
Morris W. Stoloff
, Frederick Hollander
Frederick Hollander
, Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
, Claude Rains
Claude Rains
Alexander Hall

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Overview

Robert Montgomery plays saxophone-playing boxer Joe Pendleton, who insists upon piloting his own plane, much to the consternation of his manager Max Corkle (James Gleason). Just before a championship bout, Joe's plane crashes. When he revives, he finds he has been whisked away to Heaven by the overanxious Messenger #7013. Checking with the man in charge, one Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), Pendleton discovers that he isn't scheduled to die for another 50 years. Joe heads back to earth, only to learn to his chagrin that his body has been cremated. Mr. Jordan is obliged to find Joe a new body; the "candidate" is a business mogul named Farnsworth, who is in the process of being murdered in his bath by his wife (Rita Johnson) and her lover (John Emery). Joe takes over Farnsworth's body, astonishing the murderers by emerging from the bathroom, very much alive (while Joe still looks like Joe to himself and the audience, he looks like Farnsworth to everyone else). Still desirous of winning the upcoming championship, Joe begins to whip Farnsworth's body into shape, even hiring Max Corkle to manage him. It takes some doing, but Joe convinces Max that he is indeed Joe and not Farnsworth (their scenes together are priceless, far better seen than described). Meanwhile, Joe has fallen in love with Bette Logan (Evelyn Keyes), a woman whose father had been ruined by the real Farnsworth. For her sake, he pays back millions of dollars that the crooked Farnsworth had finagled out of his investors. This prompts Mrs. Farnsworth and her lover to kill "Farnsworth" again, and once more Joe Pendleton is without a body. How Mr. Jordan arranges for Joe to win the championship, expose the murderers and walk off arm and arm with Bette is a bit too complex to detail here. Here Comes Mr. Jordan is one of the most consistently clever romantic comedies of the 1940s, and richly deserving of the Oscars won by screenwriters Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller and Harry Segall. A sequel, Down to Earth, was filmed in 1947, with Roland Culver as Mr. Jordan; and in 1978, the original Jordan was remade by Warren Beatty as Heaven Can Wait.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/14/2016
UPC: 0715515179317
Original Release: 1941
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:34:00
Sales rank: 12,260

Special Features

New conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker/distributor Michael Schlesinger; Audio interview from 1991 in which actor Elizabeth Montgomery discusses her father, actor Robert Montgomery; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Here Comes Mr. Jordan from 1942 starring Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robert Montgomery Joe Pendleton
Claude Rains Mr. Jordan
Evelyn Keyes Bette Logan
Edward Everett Horton Messenger 7013
Rita Johnson Julia Farnsworth
James Gleason Max Corkle
John Emery Tony Abbott
Donald MacBride Insp. Williams
Don Costello Lefty,Ringsider at Fight
Halliwell Hobbes Sisk
Benny Rubin Bugs
Bert Young Taxi Driver
Ken Christy Plainclothesman
Joseph Crehan Doctor
William 'Billy' Newell Handler
Abe Roth Referee
Selmar Jackson Board Member,Board Member
Tom Hanlon Announcer
Joe Hickey Gilbert
Warren Ashe Charlie
Billy Dawson Johnny
Bobby Larson Chips
John Kerns Sparring Partner
Mary Currier Secretary
William Forrest Reporter
Eddie Bruce Reporter
Douglas Wood Board Member
Joe Conti Newsboy
Chester Conklin Newsboy
Gerald Pierce Newsboy
John Rogers Escort
Billy Newell Handler
Lloyd Bridges Co-Pilot
Edmund Elton Elderly Man
John Ince Bill Collector

Technical Credits
Alexander Hall Director
Sidney Buchman Screenwriter
Harry Segall Screenwriter
Seton I. Miller Screenwriter
Everett Riskin Producer
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