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Here Comes Mr. Jordan ()

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Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
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  • Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Joe Pendleton
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Bette Logan
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Mr. Jordan
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Julia Farnsworth
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Messenger 7013
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Max Corkle
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Tony Abbott
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Police Inspector Williams
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Lefty
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Sisk
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Bugs
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Charlie (uncredited)
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Boxing match spectator (uncredited)
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Sloan - Plane #22 Co-pilot (uncredited)
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Man at Missing Persons Bureau (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
James Carlisle ...
Board Member (uncredited)
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Chuck - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Newsboy (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Conti ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Secretary (uncredited)
Billy Dawson ...
Johnny - Young Fan (uncredited)
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Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Edmund Elton ...
Elderly Man (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ...
Photographer (uncredited)
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Fight Announcer (uncredited)
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Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited)
Joe Hickey ...
Lou Gilbert - Fighter (uncredited)
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Bill Collector (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
John Kerns ...
Sparring Partner (uncredited)
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Chips (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
Max Linder ...
Board Member (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
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Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)
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Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
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Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)
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Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
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Murdock Handler (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
John Rogers ...
Escort (uncredited)
Abe Roth ...
Referee (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
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Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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Bert Young ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alexander Hall

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Sidney Buchman ... (screen play) and
Seton I. Miller ... (screen play)
 
Harry Segall ... (from the play: "Heaven Can Wait")

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Everett Riskin ... producer

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Friedrich Hollaender ... (as Frederick Hollander)

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Joseph Walker ... director of photography

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Viola Lawrence ... film editor

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Lionel Banks

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Edith Head ... (gowns)

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Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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William Mull ... assistant director

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George Cooper ... sound (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Morris Stoloff ... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Sidney Cutner ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Paul Schoop ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

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Tommy Garland ... stand-in: Robert Montgomery (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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? Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines Daring! Different! Delightful! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mr. Jordan Comes to Town (United States)
  • Heaven Can Wait (United States)
  • Le défunt récalcitrant (France)
  • Urlaub vom Himmel (Germany)
  • El difunto protesta (Spain)
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  • 94 min
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Trivia Columbia chief Harry Cohn had serious misgivings about this adaptation of Harry Segall's minor stage play. He preferred to reserve his more lavish budgets for surefire successes (e.g., anything featuring the studio's biggest star, Rita Hayworth). However, Sidney Buchman eventually was able to talk Cohn into forking out for costly celestial sets and Farnsworth's elaborate mansion and also into hiring Robert Montgomery on loan-out from MGM. Buchman was also able to convince Cohn that he had a better appreciation of what the public would pay to see than the Wall Street bankers to whom Cohn answered. See more »
Goofs Just before Joe Pendleton and the messenger arrive at Joe's apartment, looking for his body, they pass a woman coming from the other direction. She moves her shoulder back and to the left to let Joe pass and also steals a quick glance at him. According to the messenger's comments just a moment later, neither he nor Joe can be seen or heard, so the woman should not have moved to let them pass or noticed them at all. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997). See more »
Soundtracks The Last Rose of Summer See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Mr. Jordan: So long, champ.
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