The Devil and Daniel Webster

Based On the book by Stephen Vincent Benét

The Devil and Daniel Webster (originally released as All That Money Can Buy) is a 1941 American supernatural horror film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig, and Simone Simon. Based on the 1938 play adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét's 1936 short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster", the film deals with the theme of the deal with the Devil: A farmer sells his soul for good luck and prosperity, but becomes desperate when the time of his pact is about to end. He asks the lawyer Daniel Webster to help him find a way out of the pact's terms. The play by Benét was in turn based on the libretto created by Benét for an opera adaptation of his short story with composer Douglas Moore, a project he began writing in 1937.

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Release date:

1941

Director:

William Dieterle

Cast:

Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, Gene Lockhart

Genre:

Fantasy, Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1941 in adaptations