Angel on My Shoulder

Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil s 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. Written by Les Adams Angel on My Shoulder is a 1946 American English-language Adventure Comedy film starring Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens, George Cleveland, Erskine Sanford and Russell Meeker. Premier Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Charles R. Rogers. The movie is directed by Archie Mayo. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the film. Angel on My Shoulder was released on 20th September 1946 and takes a screen time of 100 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Harry Segall and Roland Kibbee. Cinematography was done by James Van Trees and editing by Asa Boyd Clark. The music was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin.