ComedyFantasyRomance

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

- A picture different from anything ever screened before!

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Release Date : 1941-08-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Joe Pendleton

Original Name : Robert Montgomery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bette Logan

Original Name : Evelyn Keyes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Jordan

Original Name : Claude Rains

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julia Farnsworth

Original Name : Rita Johnson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Messenger 7013

Original Name : Edward Everett Horton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max Corkle

Original Name : James Gleason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony Abbott

Original Name : John Emery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Williams

Original Name : Donald MacBride

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lefty

Original Name : Don Costello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sisk

Original Name : Halliwell Hobbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bugs

Original Name : Benny Rubin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie (uncredited)

Original Name : Warren Ashe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sloan (uncredited)

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsboy (uncredited)

Original Name : Chester Conklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice Costello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Crehan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Selmer Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man at Missing Persons Bureau (uncredited)

Original Name : Morgan Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : James Carlisle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chuck - Plain Clothes Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Ken Christy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Currier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Johnny - Young Fan (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Dawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Original Name : Alex Dreier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elderly Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Edmund Elton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : William Forrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Gardner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fight Announcer (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Hanlon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited)

Original Name : Theresa Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lou Gilbert - Fighter (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Hickey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Collector (uncredited)

Original Name : John Ince

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sparring Partner (uncredited)

Original Name : John Kerns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chips (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Larson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Carl M. Leviness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Max Linder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Philo McCullough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)

Original Name : James Millican

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Hans Moebus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Moorhouse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Sol Murgi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Murdock Handler (uncredited)

Original Name : William Newell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsboy (uncredited)

Original Name : Gerald Pierce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Cyril Ring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Referee (uncredited)

Original Name : Abe Roth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Scott Seaton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Seel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Larry Steers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Larry Wheat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Douglas Wood

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-12-04

Robert Montgomery is really quite good in this engaging fantasy story. He's a boxer ("Joe") working with coach "Max" (the frequently scene-stealing James Gleason) for a crack at the world title. Then, suddenly, he is joining a queue to get into Heaven. Surely some mistake, he says - and after a bit of investigation by the eponymous administrator (Claude Rains) it is discovered that he's fifty years too early. Send him back - well unfortunately his friends were a little too zealous on the cremation front so there's no longer a body. "Jordan" concludes that it's best to find him another one - and they alight on millionaire "Farnsworth". It's a bit of a baptism of fire for "Joe" especially when his decision to do the right thing by some small investors earns him the enmity of his board and the need for yet another "host". He's getting fed up, "Jordan" is getting fed up - what's to be done? The story is amiably well written with Montgomery and developing love interest "Julia" (Rita Johnson) working well together as the story gathers an entertaining pace, tempered by a charmingly measured performance from Rains and Edward Everett Horton as the source of all the woes in the first place. It's Gleason, towards the end, that makes me smile - all thanks to some incredulity and a saxophone. Well worth a watch.