

Jordan" and "A Guy Named Joe," and a close brother of "Heaven Can Wait" and the later "The Bishop's Wife." This is an excellent example of the genre, with top acting by Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. "Angel on My Shoulder" is along the same idea as "Here Comes Mr. All of this had to do with the emotional and adjustment problems that returning soldiers had and with the loss of loved ones in countless families. During and after World War II, films dealt with psychiatry, with angels, with death, and with people returning from the dead. But even the best-laid plans of the Devil can go astray. So he arranges for Eddie to get into the judge's body as he sleeps so that he can ruin the judge's reputation and Eddie can get revenge on Smiley. A Judge Parker is keeping too many candidates out of hell, and he sees that Eddie is a ringer for the Judge.


The devil, played by Claude Rains, needs help himself. Muni is Eddie, a convict fresh out of jail who is killed by his partner Smiley and goes straight to you know where. Paul Muni is a dead convict brought back to earth by the devil in "Angel on my Shoulder," a 1946 film also starring Claude Rains and Anne Baxter.
