Angel On My Shoulder DVD

Advantages: Very funny and brilliant performances
Disadvantages: None

Starring: Paul Muni as Eddie Kagel/Judge Parker Claude Rains as Nick/The Devil Anne Baxter as Barbara Foster Hardie Albright as Smiley Williams Onslow Stevens as Dr Matt Higgins George Cleveland as Albert I love Paul Muni and Claude Rains, and I love this film. It's an offbeat fantasy/comedy about a gangster, Eddie Kagel, who has just been released from prison. His top henchman and lifelong 'friend', Smiley Williams, comes to pick him up outside ...
...about what a swell guy the other is and how they have always looked after each other 'since we was kids'. Eddie then asks Smiley, 'Got my rod?' Smiley answers in the affirmative. 'Lemme have it,' Eddie asks, Smiley replies 'Sure,' and lets Eddie have it, but not in the manner in which Eddie intended. Dirty double-crosser Smiley blasts away and Eddie swiftly finds himself transported somewhere very hot, with hellfire, steaming brimstone and wandering ... Read review