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6.6/10   61 votes
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Director:
Cy Endfield
Writers:
Buddy Adler (story) and
Julian Harmon (story) ...
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Genre:
Drama | Short more
Plot:
The Devil receives a telephone call from Adolf Hitler, who asks for the Devil's help in the war effort... more | add synopsis
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If It Won't Bust The Budget more

Cast

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Edward Arnold ... The Devil
Stephen McNally ... Joe Smith (as Horace McMally)
Esther Williams ... Mrs. Smith
Vicky Lane ... Devil's Assistant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
17 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved

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Debut of Esther Williams. more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
If It Won't Bust The Budget, 20 July 2008
7/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

In this wartime short subject Edward Arnold looks like he's having a grand old time playing Mephistopheles planning with one of his number one supporters over in Germany the economic destruction of the USA through Inflation. I wonder if the folks at MGM from Louis B. Mayer on down knew that among Adolph Hitler's other interests was one in the occult. He may really have been trying to communicate with the devil, especially as the war started going against Germany.

Arnold between chuckles on the phone to Hitler gives us a short economics lesson about how the evils of inflation can cripple the American economy and thus the effort on the home front to back our troops in battle. Actually not a bad lesson to learn right now as we are going through an inflationary cycle at the moment.

Inflation is also significant as the screen debut of young Esther Williams. The former swimming champion and Olympic hopeful until the 1940 games were canceled had signed an MGM contract and went through the usual preparation back then that contractees had to go through. This short subject where she plays Mrs. Joe Smith American opposite Stephen McNally was a trial run so to speak. But Esther doesn't get near a pool.

Anyway though to see Arnold ham it up and love every minute of it, put Inflation on your shopping list if it won't bust the budget.

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