Plot
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?
Cast
Robert Montgomery
Joe Pendleton
Evelyn Keyes
Bette Logan
Claude Rains
Mr. Jordan
Rita Johnson
Julia Farnsworth
Edward Everett Horton
Messenger 7013
James Gleason
Max Corkle
John Emery
Tony Abbott
Donald MacBride
Inspector Williams
Don Costello
Lefty
Halliwell Hobbes
Sisk
Benny Rubin
Bugs
Warren Ashe
Charlie (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Buchman
Screenplay
Joseph Walker
Director of Photography
Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay
Everett Riskin
Producer
Alexander Hall
Director
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