Poor Devil (1973)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 14 February 1973
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Paramount Television
Executive Producers: Earl Barret, Arne Sultan
Producer: Robert Stambler

SCRIPT
Script: Richard Baer, Earl Barret, Arne Sultan
Story: Earl Barret, Arne Sultan

DIRECTION
Director: Robert Scheerer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Howard Schwartz

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Robert James Kern, Michael Vejar

MUSIC
Music: Morton Stevens

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Monty Elliott

CAST
Sammy Davis Jr (Sammy)
Christopher Lee (Lucifer)
Jack Klugman (Burnett J. Emerson)
Adam West (Jannes Crawford)
Gino Conforti (Bligh)
Emily Yancy (Chelsea)
Madlyn Rhue (Frances Emerson)
Alan Manson (Mr Marley)
Ken Lynch (Desk Sergeant)
Byron Webster (Blackbeard)
Buddy Lester (Al Capone)
Owen Bush (Tom)
Nicholas Georgiade (Bob Younger)
Don Ross (Eddie)
Lila Teigh (woman)
Stephen Coit (father-in-law)
Jo De Winter (Hosquith's secretary)
George Kramer (Cole Younger)
Clyde Ventura (Clyde Barrow)
Nancy Reichert (Bonnie)
Tom Vize (John Younger)
David Young (James Younger)
Jack Carter
Chris Holter

PLOT SUMMARY

Satan's hapless assistant hasn't managed to captrure a soul for 1,400 years and is given one last chance – he's assigned to take the soul of a Las Vegas gambler.

Comedy TV movie with Davis at the tail end of his career. Mainstream and for US television so the situations and laughs are all uninventive. Davis was a big horror fan, which explains the casting of Lee playing the Evil One straight.

USA
Television Distributor: NBC

Stackars sate! – Swedish title

KEYWORDS

the devil

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009