The Devil's Platform

The prince of darkness himself has made a deal with a rising politician in Illinois played by Tom Skerritt. Some very fatal things happen to people that get in his way and a campaign for State Senator in one seat of the Illinois Legislature gets strewn with death.

Now you know that the old Scratch is not interested in an obscure State Senator. He's got bigger things of course which is what Skerritt alludes to when he and Darren McGavin finally meet. Interesting also is the portrayal of Ellen Weston as Skerritt's frightened missus. Voters like their electeds married which I think is all that's keeping her alive, but scared of whatever her husband's involved in.

The ending is classic and poetic.