The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
- 7.6
- 107 mins
- Fantasy
Storyline
A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity. When Mr. Scratch comes to collect, orator and hero of the common man Daniel Webster comes to the rescue.—Little Pine Weasel
Plot Keywords
redemption, rags to riches, pact, farm, demon, courtroom, americana, based on short story, title spoken by character, greed, black comedy, soul, devil, new hampshire, deal with the devil, femme fatale, childbirth, poverty, breaking the fourth wall, cynicism
Short Review
Juxtapose the name of a true-life nineteenth-century orator, attorney and senator with the Biblical personification of evil, and you capture something of the strange mix here of social realism and moralising mythology
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