Here Comes Mr. Jordan
A picture different from anything ever screened before!
1941 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Alexander Hall |
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| Writer: | Harry Segall, Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Aug 07, 1941 |
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| Director: | Alexander Hall |
| Writer: | Harry Segall, Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Keywords | angel, saxophone, boxer, reincarnation, airplane accident, screwball comedy, prizefight |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph Walker | Director of Photography |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Harry Segall | Theatre Play, Story |
| Sidney Buchman | Screenplay |
| William Mull | Assistant Director |
| Alexander Hall | Director |
| Seton I. Miller | Screenplay |
| Viola Lawrence | Editor |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Everett Riskin | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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 they alight on millionaire "Farnsworth". It's a bit of a baptism of fire for "Joe" especially when his decision to do the right thing by some small investors earns him the enmity of his board and the need for yet another "host". He's getting fed up, "Jordan" is getting fed up - what's to be done? The story is amiably well written with Montgomery and developing love interest "Julia" (Rita Johnson) working well together as the story gathers an entertaining pace, tempered by a charmingly measured performance from Rains and Edward Everett Horton as the source of all the woes in the first place. It's Gleason, towards the end, that makes me smile - all thanks to some incredulity and a saxophone. Well worth a watch.