A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a pact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Edward Arnold | ... | Daniel Webster | |
| Walter Huston | ... | Mr. Scratch | |
| Jane Darwell | ... | Ma Stone | |
| Simone Simon | ... | Belle | |
| Gene Lockhart | ... | Squire Slossum | |
| John Qualen | ... | Miser Stevens | |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Justice Hawthorne | |
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Frank Conlan | ... | Sheriff |
| Lindy Wade | ... | Daniel Stone | |
| George Cleveland | ... | Cy Bibber | |
| Anne Shirley | ... | Mary Stone | |
| James Craig | ... | Jabez Stone | |
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A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity. When Mr. Scratch comes to collect, orator and hero of the common man Daniel Webster comes to the rescue. Written by Little Pine Weasel <kristinat@cerritos.edu>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 October 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Bernard Herrmann's score makes extensive use of traditional American folk tunes, a practice that was something of a popular trend in the American classical music scene of the 1930s and early 1940s. One song he adapted was the early 19th Century "Springfield Mountain", describing the plight of a farmer. When his erstwhile friend Aaron Copland used the same tune in his 1942 concert piece "Lincoln Portrait", Herrmann reportedly sent him a hot letter accusing Copland of plagiarism. See more »Goofs
Characters in this film set in pre-Civil War America routinely use the phrase "loan shark" despite the fact that it came into the English language between 1900 and 1905. See more »Quotes
Daniel Webster: [about Jabez] Well, he sure made himself the big frog in the little pond around here.See more »
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Opening credits prologue: It' s a story they tell in the border country, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire. It happened, so they say, a long time ago. But it could happen anytime - anywhere - to anybody . . . .Yes - it could happen to you. See more »
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This film is one of the finest fansties that were turned out by the Hollywood system in the 1940's. The greatest of the film laids in the two performances of Edward Arnold-as Daniel Webster-and Walter Huston as the Devil. Arnold's Webster is a great,but, flawed man, who is willing to put his very soul on the line, to help a fellow American . Huston's is the model for every conman in history. He always waits until his target is at his or hers weaks moment and he strikes. The music, by the master Bernard Herrmman, is wonderful.
The very ending, not the trial section, is frighten me as a kid and still is eerie.