Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1941-08-07
Genre:Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Duration:94 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Alexander Hall
Actors:Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

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?

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