Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · 101 min · Fantasy · Comedy
Eddie Kagle walks out of prison and is shot dead by his partner, Smiley Williams. Below, he meets a man who calls himself Nick, who has noticed that Eddie is the double of Judge Frederick Parker, a reformer whose good work Nick would like to see undone. Nick offers Eddie a way back to Earth in the…
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