Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexander Hall
Screenplay by	Sidney Buchman Seton I. Miller
Based on	Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall
Produced by	Everett Riskin
Starring	Robert Montgomery Claude Rains Evelyn Keyes James Gleason Edward Everett Horton Rita Johnson John Emery
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 7, 1941 (1941-08-07)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a 1941 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to Heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on Earth. It stars Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, James Gleason, Edward Everett Horton, Rita Johnson, and John Emery.

The film screenplay, based on Harry Segall's 1938 play Heaven Can Wait (originally titled It Was Like This),^[1] was written by Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller. The working titles for the film were Heaven Can Wait and Mr. Jordan Comes to Town.^[2]

Horton and Gleason reprised their roles in the film's sequel Down to Earth (1947), while Roland Culver took on the role of Mr. Jordan. Warren Beatty later remade the film in 1978 as Heaven Can Wait. The 2001 film Down to Earth, starring Chris Rock, is also based on the play. The 1943 film, Heaven Can Wait, itself also a Best Picture Oscar nominee, has no connection to the source material for Here Comes Mr. Jordan.