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Dominican Rep. The Devil and Daniel Webster
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- Original title
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (All That Money Can Buy)
- Year
- 1941
- Running time
- 112 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Edward Arnold
Walter Huston
James Craig
Jane Darwell
Simone Simon
Anne Shirley
Gene Lockhart
John Qualen
H.B. Warner- Frank Conlan
- Lindy Wade
George Cleveland
Thomas Mitchell- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Joseph H. August (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama. Fantasy | Black Comedy. Melodrama
- Synopsis
- William Dieterle adapts Stephen Vincent Benet's transformation of the Faust legend from the tale of an aging genius to that of struggling New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone, played by James Craig. When Stone absently exclaims that he would sell his soul for a little money and a decent crop, up pops the Mephistophelean Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston). Thinking the whole thing a joke, Stone takes Scratch up on his offer of seven years of prosperity in return for his soul. As Stone's fortunes change and his coffers swell, so does his character. He mutates into a hard, avaricious tyrant, nearly enslaving as tenant famers the neigbors who had been his friends. Ignoring his kind and patient wife, Mary (Anne Shirley), he takes a mistress, Belle (Simone Simon), builds her a mansion, and even allows her to raise his son. When Scratch comes to collect his debt, the terrified Stone realizes his error and begs legendary New Hampshire lawyer and politician Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) for help.
- Awards
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1941: Oscar: Best OST (Drama). 2 Nominations
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