Angel on My Shoulder
Angel on My Shoulder

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Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is an-exact double for a judge who Nick doesn't approve of. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of t... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Angel on My Shoulder:

Paul Muni
Anne Baxter
Claude Rains
Onslow Stevens
George Cleveland
Erskine Sanford

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Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is an-exact double for a judge who Nick doesn't approve of. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancée, Barbara. Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future.

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User Review - 10/10 by Shawn SPaul Muni possibly at his best, if that's possible. Anne Baxter, so young, so young that she had yet to learn how to chew up the scenery. But it's Muni's movie. Every character he played was a 360 from the next and this is no different. His every move, getsture, posture is character driven. A fine treat to see or revisit.
User Review - 10/10 by Mike FReleased in the same year as the classic It's a Wonderful Life, this is a great little after-life tale in the same vein. Paul Muni, one of the forefathers of method acting was about a decade past his best works, but makes a strong turn here as the gangster sent to hell by one of his own men. He makes a deal with the devil, played with vigor by the unmatchable Claude Rains, and returns to Earth in the body of a judge that Old Scratch wants to do away with. Of course, Mephistopholes didn't count on Anne Baxter, who gives the thug a new chance, and could send the evil one's plans back where they came from. I'm not sure there's been a better devil than Rains. His face is always in the shadows, following the lead around with a puzzled look in moments of levity and a quick suggestion in any moment of doubt. His performance alone is worth the price of admission, but there's more to be said for the cast. Muni gives a classic turn, reminiscent of the best gangsters of early cinema, and Baxter - a few years before hitting it big with All About Eve - is a charming counterbalance. Add in a great score by Dimitri Tiomkin, some good cinematography and lighting, and an ending that's not what you'd expect, while maintaining sharpness, and you've got a classic of any genre.
User Review - 10/10 by Christian LVery good film, from 1946 B&W, staring Paul Muni. About a man who is killed by his partner in crime, makes a deal with the devil to come back from hell, but then has second thoughts about what he's supposed to do.
User Review - 10/10 by Aj VAlthough the tape I rented was of bad quality, I was able to see that this was a great movie, I loved it. It's a twist on the story of the guy who dies but gets another chance by going back to earth. It's really worth checking out.
User Review - 10/10 by Paul DA great film, pitting the good nature of man against the Devil played brilliantly by Claude Rains.
User Review - 8/10 by Brody Mthe same villain one night after another - that was quite a surprise. and a cute story to go with it
User Review - 8/10 by Kevin M. WPaul Muni in one of his best roles as a murdered gangster who agrees to help the Devil eliminate an honest judge. This is in the genre of movie, most notably Here Comes Mr. Jordan and Heaven Can Wait, involving a dead person returning to Earth and occuping another's body. The twist in the case of Angel on My Shoulder was that Muni was an evil person who returns from Hell to assist the Devil, rather than being a good person, pre-maturely killed, who returns from Heaven to resume his life. As with all movies of this genre, much of the plot involves more difficult for evil man to pass himself off a honest\Muni cultural shock With a good script, excellent actors and enough darkness to give the essentially sentiment tale an edge without destroying its good nature, Angel on My Shoulder is a wonderfully entertaining comedy that makes its point with enough of a dramatic edge to make you care about the ghostly Kagle's ultimately rather bleak, if deliberately chosen, fate. The ending is redemptive, sure, but a completely happy outcome isn't what you can expect. There is always a price to pay for salvation. Angel on my Shoulder was written by Harry Segall, who is also known for the similarly afterlife-themed Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941) -- later turned into a play (and a movie) under the title Heaven Can Wait. In Here Comes Mr Jordan the protagonist is a boxer who dies too early due to an inexperienced angel's over-enthusiasm and is subsequently given a second chance in the body of a murdered millionnaire. In this film, Claude Rains plays an archangel who accompanies the lost soul on his quest to remake the dead millionnaire's life in his own image. His Mr Jordon shares many characteristics with Angel on my Shoulder's Nick, particularly his dry sense-of-humour -- though there are important differences between the roles. Rains is magnificent as a Satan who is both personable and darkly sardonic, occasionally allowing a hint of underlying cruelty to emerge through a glance or a subtle gesture. Angel On My Shoulder is sort of like Here Comes Mr. Jordan in reverse. In that film, a soul in heaven gets transported back into a human body. In this one, a soul in hell makes the same trip, though for different reasons. Both films have Claude Rains doing the work: in the earlier film, he played an angel; this time he plays the devil. Paul Muni plays a gangster, returning with the devil to inhabit the body of a judge and corrupt him. The logic and theological soundness of the premise is as absurd as in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, but as a fantasy, the rules make just enough sense to provide a basis for the story, which is a nice character piece with some whimsical twists. I liked the way the devil's plans kept going awry even before Muni's character has his inevitable change of heart. Evil, being akin to chaos as good is to order, doesn't cooperate very well with itself, even when it tries. Muni and Rains are fantastic, individually and together. I was dissatisfied with the closing scene, and I have mixed feelings of admiration and confusion for how the romantic subplot developed, but I enjoyed the film despite these reservations. A gangster killed by his partner after his release from the penitentiary finds himself in hell. The devil decides to use him in a plot to discredit a judge who he resembles who has been contributing in a big way to a recent shortage of help in hell. What this movie boils down to is a reworking of HERE COMES MR. JORDAN, only from the opposite direction. It even borrows Claude Rains from that movie, and the actor is quite capable of playing both the angelic Mr. Jordan and Nick the devil himself. Rains steals the movie from the main star, Paul Muni, who was considered one of the finest actors in Hollywood at one time, but his star had definitely faded; in this movie, he seems mannered, and you get the feeling he's playing a character rather than becoming the character. As you might expect from Hollywood during this time, the devil definitely gets the bad end of the deal, though it is interesting to see how the gangster fares in the bargain. It is quite amusing to see how the gangster's anger and bad temper actually contribute to making the judge look like a hero. In the film Hell is a fascinatingly torrid place, all shot in exaggerated shadow lighting that suggests an intriguing collaboration between the eschatological fantasy and film noir. Amidst this Claude Rains maintains a wonderfully droll sinister presence - his appearances always come emphasized with subtle lighting effects. What this all boils down to is that "Angel on My Shoulder" is an entertaining twist on the usual idea of a soul returning from heaven to inhabit a body. But because it is built on the same building blocks as these heaven movies it does suffer from being too familiar and that ends up equating to ordinary.
User Review - 6/10 by cody fAside from the rich dialogue and a few scenes of genuine sentiment, this film was pretty lame. The story starts out cool enough, with mobsters and murder and the devil, but it abruptly transitions into a backward adaptation of It's A Wonderful Life with family comedy and slapstick. The acting was solid though. This is the first film I've seen with Paul Muni, and I enjoyed watching him. Claude Raines has done better work, but he was still awesome. I think the greatest flaw is that this kind of movie has been vastly improved upon many times since. Plus when screenwriters fictionalize the supernatural or the unknown it usually turns out to be a laugh. For instance, Hell has a system and a process. It's just reaaallly hot and mundane, which apparently is eternal agonizing torture. Ending was ridiculous.
User Review - 6/10 by Greg Wgood comedy but nothing new here's the formula: "i married a witch"+ "heaven can wait"+ "a guy named joe"- WWII= this one
User Review - 6/10 by roger tNot the best old movie i have ever seen, but pleasant enough for a boring weekend. Anne Baxter is the highlight.

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