Directed by:
Archie MayoScreenplay:
Roland KibbeeCinematography:
James Van TreesComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens, Erskine Sanford, Marion Martin, Hardie Albright, James Flavin, Fritz Leiber, Jonathan Hale, George Meeker (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Gangster Eddie Lee (Paul Muni) is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil (Claude Rains) sees that he is an-exact double for a judge who Nick doesn't approve of. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancé's Barbara (Anne Baxter.) Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sam Ash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789781_d8507f.jpg)
Sam Ash
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Jack Tornek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/872/159872450_901c6d.jpg)
Jack Tornek
Belarus
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Sol Gorss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/951/159951884_06170d.jpg)
Sol Gorss
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Spartacus (1960)
Edward Keane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Chester Clute](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922845_d7b18f.jpg)
Chester Clute
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
![Jimmie Dundee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/417/160417421_ce919a.jpg)
Jimmie Dundee
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)
![Jimmy Dime](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/420/160420370_968fb1.jpg)
Jimmy Dime
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Ray Spiker
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Carl M. Leviness
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Killing (1956)
![Murray Alper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/410/161410438_f14894.jpg)
Murray Alper
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
![Noble Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/560/161560047_023b55.jpg)
Noble Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
King Kong (1933)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![Maurice Cass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559302_b31e88.jpg)
Maurice Cass
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
State of the Union (1948)
Syncopation (1942)
Georgie Nokes
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Gaslight (1944)
Kurt Katch
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Young Lions (1958)
James Carlisle
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Frank J. Scannell
Best movies:
The Country Girl (1954)
Airport (1970)
Act of Violence (1948)
James Van Trees
USA
Joan Blair
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Street with No Name (1948)