DEVIL & DANIEL WEBSTER

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• Release Year: 1941
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy
• Plot: Jabez Stone is a hard-working farmer trying to make an honest living, but a streak of bad luck tempts him to do the unthinkable: bargain with the Devil himself. In exchange for seven years of good fortune, Stone promises 'Mr. Scratch' his soul. But when the troubled farmer begins to realize the error of his choice, he enlists the aid of the one man who might save him: the legendary orator and politician Daniel Webster. Directed with stylish flair by William Dieterle, The Devil and Daniel Webster brings the classic short story by Stephen Vincent Benét to life with inspired visuals, and unforgettable Oscar®-winning score by Bernard Herrmann, and a truly diabolical performance from Walter Huston as the Devil.
• Cast: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, Gene Lockhart, John Qualen, H.B. Warner, Frank Conlan, Lindy Wade, George Cleveland, Anne Shirley, James Craig, William Alland, Sarah Edwards, Fern Emmett, Jim Farley, Robert Emmett Keane, Anita Lee, Robert Pittard, Ferris Taylor, Frank Austin, Walter Baldwin, Eddie Borden, Hazel Boyne, Sonny Bupp, Bob Burns, Jeff Corey, Alec Craig, Eddie Dew, Patsy Doyle, Robert Dudley, Charles Herzinger, Harry Hood, Harry Humphrey, Thomas Mitchell, Stewart Richards, Sherman Sanders, Carl Stockdale, Robert Strange, Jim Toney, Virginia Williams, William Dieterle, Stephen Vincent Benet, Dan Totheroh
• Director: William Dieterle
• Runtime: 1:46
• Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie