Here Comes Mr. Jordan
A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, Here Comes Mr. Jordan stars the eminently versatile Robert Montgomery as 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 (Claude Rains), 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. Nominated for seven Oscars (it won two) and the inspiration for a sequel with Rita Hayworth and two remakes, Alexander Hall’s effervescent Here Comes Mr. Jordan is comic perfection.
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover by Caitlin Kuhwald
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover by Caitlin Kuhwald
Cast
- 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
Credits
- Director
- Alexander Hall
- Produced by
- Everett Riskin
- Screenplay by
- Sidney Buchman
- Screenplay by
- Seton I. Miller
- From the play Heaven Can Wait by
- Harry Segall
- Director of photography
- Joseph Walker
- Film editor
- Viola Lawrence
- Art direction
- Lionel Banks
- Assistant director
- William Mull
- Gowns by
- Edith Head
- Music by
- Frederick Hollander
- Musical director
- M. W. Stoloff
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