Fantasy starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and James Mason. Joe Pendleton's promising football career is abruptly ended in a fatal traffic accident. But it seems Joe was called from this world before his time, and is soon to return in someone else's body.
This updated version of the 1941 film Here Comes Mr Jordan is one of the few remakes that is almost as good as the original. Warren Beatty co-directs and stars as the football player accidentally selected to die after a car accident. Realising he has been called before his time, Beatty bargains with celestial James Mason and gets the chance to live again but in someone else's body, that of a wealthy businessman whose wife is plotting to kill him. Well played, well written (by Beatty and Elaine May) and well directed, this is one of the highlights of Beatty's career and an enjoyable whimsical delight.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Joe Pendleton | Warren Beatty |
| Betty Logan | Julie Christie |
| Mr Jordan | James Mason |
| Max Corkle | Jack Warden |
| Tony Abbott | Charles Grodin |
| Julia Farnsworth | Dyan Cannon |
| Escort | Buck Henry |
| Krim | Vincent Gardenia |
| Sisk | Joseph Maher |
| Bentley | Hamilton Camp |
| Everett | Arthur Malet |
| Corinne | Stephanie Faracy |
| Lavinia | Jeannie Linero |
| Gardener | Harry D K Wong |
| Peters | Larry Block |
| Conway | Frank Campanella |
| Tomarken | Bill Sorrells |
| Haitian ambassador | Joseph K Makel |
| Oppenheim | Keene Curtis |
| Renfield | William Larsen |
| Middleton | Morgan Farley |
| Lawson | William Bogert |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Warren Beatty |
| Director | Buck Henry |
