A boxer and amateur pilot (Anthony Franciosa) is killed in a plane crash. His "soul" is retrieved by an angel (Wally Cox), who assumes he would not have survived the crash. But the angel is wrong and the problem now becomes restoring the boxer to live out what would have been his natural life. Temporarily, he is put into the body of a millionaire whose wife (Diana Van Der Vlis) and her lover (Paul Stevens) are plotting to murder him. Based on the play by Harry Segall and directed by Alex Segal (RANSOM). Previously filmed under the title HERE COMES MR. JORDAN in 1941 and remade under its original title in 1978. This is a rather pedestrian version despite Franciosa's energetic performance. It goes through its paces but there's no charm or magic, qualities sorely need when dealing with fantasy films. With a 21 year old Elizabeth Ashley in her television debut, Robert Morley, Joey Bishop and Frank McHugh.
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