All That Money Can Buy (1941)
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Duration: 107 minuten
Alternative titles: The Devil and Daniel Webster / A Certain Mr. Scratch / Daniel and the Devil
Country:
United States
Directed by: William Dieterle
Stars: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston and Jane Darwell
IMDb score:
7,6 (5.936)
Releasedate: 17 October 1941
All That Money Can Buy plot
"A GREAT MOTION PICTURE DARES TO BE DIFFERENT!"
Jabez Stone is a simple farmer who has known bad luck for a long time. One day he mumbles something about selling his soul for a bit of luck. Next up is Evil in the form of Mr. Scratch, right in front of him. This offers Stone seven years of happiness in exchange for his soul. Stone, thinking it's a joke, agrees and experiences a period of happiness. However, the price turns out to be higher than he thought beforehand. When he wants his soul back, he enlists the help of Daniel Webster, hero of the common man.
Actors and actresses
Daniel Webster
Mr. Scratch
Ma Stone
Belle
Squire Slossum
Miser Stevens
Justice Hawthorne
Sheriff
Daniel Stone
Cy Bibber
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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- 5740 messages
- 2289 votes
As is often the case with moralizing films (Scrooged, Groundhog Day, Ghosts of girlfriends past) the seducer and his seduction are more fun and above all more infectious than the conversion and the reward, especially when the good main characters are played by such flat actors as James Craig and Anne Shirley. But in All that money can buy the contrast is very great, because boy, oh boy, does Walter Huston play his character of "Mr. Scratch" with humor, dedication and evident pleasure - his devil probably didn't stand a chance at the Oscars at the time against Gary Cooper's All American Sergeant Alvin York. For me, Huston is the main added value of this film, because the story is quite straightforward and the setting of the New Hampshire farm environment does not appeal to me personally. Beautiful last half minute in which Huston is allowed to steal the show.
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