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Actors: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
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When professional boxer and amateur pilot Joe Pendleton (Robert Mongtgomery) accidentally plows his airplane into the countryside, he awakes to find himself in Heaven. Discovering that a bungling "collector" (Edward Everett Horton) has plucked him from this mortal coil prematurely, he rushes back to Earth, only to discover that he has already been cremated.
Called in on the case is Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), the Head of Collections, who places Joe in the recently-deceased body of a millionaire playboy of about his same age. But all is not wine and roses for the newly-minted "Bruce Farnsworth," as he discovers that his new body was only vacant because his wife (Rita Johnson) and her lover (John Emery) murdered him. To top it off, the new love of "Bruce's" life, Bette Logan (Evelyn Keyes), despises him, as the real Bruce recently framed her father for a stock swindle he perpetrated.
Although Joe is quickly able to set the Logan business right, at considerable cost to his company, matters become complicated when Mr. Jordan discovers that he is fated to be the next world champion boxer after all. Hiring his old manager (James Gleason) and beginning a grueling regimen, Joe prepares to take on the boxer who might otherwise be the new champ, all the while trying to win the heart of the fair Better.
Of course, none of this sits well with Mrs. Farnsworth or her lover, and the two resolve to murder "Bruce" once again before there's no more Farnsworth fortune left to steal.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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Joe Pendleton, an up-and-coming boxer, is killed in a plane crash and finds himself up in heaven. A mistake has been made, however: Mr. Jordan, heaven's messenger, finds he took Joe's soul out of his body too soon,right before the crash. His death, we find out, is fifty years too early and must be returned to earth. His physical body having been cremated and not buried, Mr. Jordan gives Joe the option of having his soul placed in a recently dead body. Joe chooses the body of Bruce Farnsworth, a
millionaire who was murdered for his money, and must adjust to a new social set, an unfit body, and money he doesn't know what to do with. He sets out to right all the wrongs of the former Mr. Farnsworth, surprising his
attempted murderers and falling in love with a young woman. When Joe begins pushing Farnsworth's body beyond its limits, training for a boxing "comeback" he gets a visit from Mr. Jordan, and is warned to slow down for
his own good.
--Sara Embrey, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Religion themed film?
Yes
Kind of comedy
- religious comedy
How much humor v. drama
- Lot of humor, but significant serious drama
Kind of religion story
- dying character makes a comeback
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- boxing
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (man) average
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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