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Angel on My Shoulder

1946 · 100 min

A gentle, wry old-fashioned fantasy that mixes afterlife mischief with a soft moral fable and an unexpected tender streak.

Directed by
Archie Mayo
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains
Tagline
With an angel on his shoulder...and the devil in his heart!
Overview
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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Directed by
Archie Mayo
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • morality
  • love
  • identity
  • fate
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
fantasy, comedy
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Written by
Harry Segall, Roland Kibbee
Starring
Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens, George Cleveland, Erskine Sanford, Marion Martin, Hardie Albright
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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