Angel on My Shoulder

1946
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1h 40m

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Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, and Paul Muni in Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.

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Paul Muni

Eddie Kagle…

Anne Baxter

Barbara Foster

Claude Rains

Nick

Onslow Stevens

Dr. Matt Higgins

George Cleveland

Albert

Erskine Sanford

Minister

Marion Martin

Mrs. Bentley

Hardie Albright

Smiley Williams

James Flavin

Bellamy

Ed Agresti

Attorney
(uncredited)

Murray Alper

Jim - Taxicab Driver
(uncredited)

Sam Ash

Citizen
(uncredited)

John Barton

Citizen
(uncredited)

Joan Blair

Brazen Girl in Hell
(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Citizen
(uncredited)

James Carlisle

Citizen
(uncredited)

Maurice Cass

Lucius
(uncredited)

Chester Clute

Kramer
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The film's original title was "Me and Satan", but producer Charles R. Rogers decided to change it on the conclusion that no one would want to go to see a film about the Devil.

Goofs
Upon arriving in hell, Eddie complains of the smell of rotten eggs. A "chemist" states that this is due to H2SO4, which he unconventionally calls "hydrogen sulfuric acid". H2SO4 is sulfuric acid, and it does not smell like rotten eggs; hydrogen sulfide (H2S) produces the rotten-egg smell.

Quotes
Eddie Kagle: Take a powder.
Albert, Parker's Servant: Take a powder sir? Oh, you mean scram.

Crazy credits
Opening credits: This story is about Eddie Kagle who based his way of living on what Omar Khayyam once said: "Live fully while you may and reckon not the cost."

Connections
Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: Angel on my Shoulder (2023)

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7/10

Entertaining, well made, charming, and of course clever.

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

It's great to see Paul Muni in another role--he's a great actor who did too few films--and it's never bad to see Claude Rains. In this case Muni plays a con who has gone to hell, and Rains is the devil himself. They have an arrangement to go up to the surface of the earth and some trickiness ensues. It's fun, deceptive, sometimes humorous, sometimes romantically serious.

Because the plot is a clear contrivance, the movie does have a slightly illustrative sense, the way "Harvey" does with James Stewart. But sometimes you forget about the devil and the deals he's made, and you just watch, and the best parts of the movie rise above the cleverness. This is director Archie Mayo's last film, and though he no Hollywood legend, he was a serious, consistent director, and this proves it.