Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Directed by

Alexander Hall

Genre

fantasy film, romantic comedy, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 123 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boxer dies and goes to heaven before his time due to a mix-up. A celestial official gives him a second chance by letting him return to Earth in a new body.

whimsicallightheartedfast-pacedwarmfunnysentimentalhopefulfanciful

What happens

Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a 1941 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to Heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on Earth. It stars Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, James Gleason, Edward Everett Horton, Rita Johnson, and John Emery. The film screenplay, based on Harry Segall's 1938 play Heaven Can Wait (originally titled It Was Like This), was written by Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller. The working titles for the film were Heaven Can Wait and Mr. Jordan Comes to Town. Horton and Gleason reprised their roles in the film's sequel Down to Earth (1947), while Roland Culver took on the role of Mr. Jordan. Warren Beatty later remade the film in 1978 as Heaven Can Wait. The 2001 film Down to Earth, starring Chris Rock, is also based on the play. The 1943 film Heaven Can Wait, itself also a Best Picture Oscar nominee, has no connection to the source material for Here Comes Mr. Jordan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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