Here comes Mr. Jordan

DVD 2016

Joe is a boxer who is headed for a championship fight when he is killed in a plane crash. Unfortunately for Joe, he was not supposed to die in the crash, but was instead brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. It is now up to Mr. Jordan, the angel's boss, to find Joe a new body and give him another chance to fight for the title. Joe meets an idealistic young woman to whom he is immediately smitten, and she gives him a reason to live...

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Boxers (Sports) Fiction

Boxing matches Fiction

Death Fiction

Heaven Fiction

Man-woman relationships Fiction

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Comedy films Feature films Fiction Romantic comedy films Sports films Video recordings

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Criterion Collection Criterion Collection ; 819 Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 819 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681431697

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital monophonic
video file DVD video region 1
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Here comes Mister Jordan

Notes:

From the play "Heaven can wait" by Harry Segall
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941
Special features: 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; Essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason, John Emery, Donald MacBride, Don Costello
DVD ; fullscreen presentation ; Dolby Digital monophonic
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

1623086

UPC:

715515179416

Other Authors:

Buchman, Sidney, 1902-1975, screenwriter
Columbia Pictures
Costello, Don, 1901-1945, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Emery, John, 1905-1964, actor
Gleason, James, 1886-1959, actor
Hall, Alexander, 1894-1968, film director
Horton, Edward Everett, actor
Johnson, Rita, 1912-1965, actor
Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008, actor
McBride, Donald, 1889-1957, actor
Miller, Seton I., screenwriter
Montgomery, Robert, 1904-1981, actor
Rains, Claude, 1889-1967, actor
Riskin, Everett, film producer
motion picture adaptation of (work): Segall, Harry, 1897-1975. Heaven can wait

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