Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941 | 1h 38m | Fantasy, Comedy | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

A saxophone-playing prizefighter dies before his time is up and goes to heaven by mistake. He is sent back to Earth to live in the body of a crooked millionaire who's just been murdered by his scheming wife.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Alexander Hall

CAST

Robert Montgomery

Evelyn Keyes

Claude Rains

Rita Johnson

Edward Everett Horton

James Gleason

John Emery

PRODUCERS

Everett Riskin

WRITERS

Sidney Buchman

Seton I. Miller

Harry Segall

Host Intros

01:36
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.
01:26
Dave Karger Intro -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
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TCM's Dave Karger introduces Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.
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Dave Karger Intro -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
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TCM's Dave Karger introduces Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.
02:14
Alicia Malone Intro -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.

Related Videos

02:47
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I Dont See Me Around
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Sax-playing fighter Joe (Robert Montgomery) and bumbling Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton), who snatched him from a plane crash in which he would not have died, rush to the home of his manager Max (James Gleason), intending to install his person back into his body, in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.
03:54
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He Keeps Telling Me I'm Dead
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Weve just met sax-playing fighter Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) who insisted on flying solo to New York, running into trouble and meeting supernatural Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) and his boss, Claude Rains, noted in the title, in director Alexander Halls Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.
03:38
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Play Your Favorite Tune
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Fighter Joe (Robert Montgomery), after an error by agents of the afterlife, still looks like himself to us, but hes assumed the body of millionaire Farnsworth, and cant convince his manager Max (James Gleason), without help from Claude Rains (title character), in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.
04:00
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) That's My Fight!
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Fighter Joe (Robert Young), inhabiting the body of millionaire Farnsworth, is celebrated for righting a financial wrong, escorted by his confused secretary (John Emery), when Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) and Claude Rains (title character) tell him theyve found his new body, in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. 1941.
03:56
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Not Even In Heaven
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Heavenly Claude Rains (title character) and fighter Joe (Robert Montgomery), who was cremated while wrongly presumed dead, consider the body of millionaire Farnsworth, about to be murdered by his wife and secretary (Rita Johnson, John Emery), not anticipating Miss Logan (Evelyn Keyes), in Here Comes Mr Jordan, 1941.

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