DVD
Here comes Mr. Jordan
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, James Gleason, Edward Everett Horton, Rita Johnson, John Emery.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Joe Pendleton is a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named Mr. Jordan, that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to Earth by entering the body of a corrupt (and about-to-be-murdered) financier--whose soul could use a transplant.
Notes
Title from container.
From the play "Heaven can wait" by Harry Segall.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration ; 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 come Mr. Jordan from 1942 starring Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason ; trailer.