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14 February 1973 (USA) moreTagline:
Sammy at his comic best as the most inept Devil's messenger this side of Hades!Plot:
A bumbling assistant to Satan hasn't gotten a soul for him for 1400 years. He gets one last chance when... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Satan was big in 1970 San Francisco. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Sammy | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Lucifer | |
| Jack Klugman | ... | Burnett J. Emerson | |
| Adam West | ... | Jannes Crawford | |
| Gino Conforti | ... | Bligh | |
| Emily Yancy | ... | Chelsea | |
| Madlyn Rhue | ... | Frances Emerson | |
| Alan Manson | ... | Mr. Marley | |
| Ken Lynch | ... | Desk Sergeant | |
| Byron Webster | ... | Blackbeard | |
| Buddy Lester | ... | Al Capone | |
| Owen Bush | ... | Tom | |
| Nicholas Georgiade | ... | Bob Younger | |
| Don Ross | ... | Eddie | |
| Lila Teigh | ... | Woman |
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It's easy to see why this was not picked up as a series. The best performance is by Adam West, who gleefully plays the villain.
All that's memorable about this pilot is historical. You see outdoor scenes in San Francisco, and the clothing of the time. In this pilot a character is trying to get in touch with the underworld, and starts to phone the Church of Satan downtown. Satan (a youthful-looking Christopher Lee) uses the upside-down pentagram, with horns on it. The 2 fingered sign of Satan with a twist of the wrist, enables a devil to disappear.
Sammy Davis who plays a devil was for a time a member of the Church of Satan. He socialized with the LaVeys and wore his Church of Satan medallion in public.