Poor Devil (1973 film)
Poor Devil | |
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Genre | Comedy Fantasy |
Screenplay by | Richard Baer Earl Barret |
Story by | Richard Baer Earl Barret Arne Sultan |
Directed by | Robert Scheerer |
Starring | Sammy Davis Jr. Christopher Lee Jack Klugman Adam West |
Music by | Morton Stevens |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Earl Barret Arne Sultan |
Producer | Robert Stambler |
Production location | San Francisco |
Cinematography | Howard Schwartz |
Editors | Robert James Kern Michael Vejar |
Running time | 73 min. |
Production company | Paramount Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | February 14, 1973 |
Poor Devil (1973) was an NBC television film that served as an unsold pilot of a comedy series. The film was first broadcast on NBC on February 14, 1973.
Sammy Davis Jr. starred as "Sammy", a demon from Hell who desires a promotion from working in the furnace room. Lucifer, played by horror veteran Christopher Lee, tells Sammy that he must first convince a San Francisco accountant named Burnett J. Emerson (Jack Klugman) to sell his soul. The film also starred Adam West.[1][2]
References
External links
- Poor Devil at IMDb
Categories:
- 1973 films
- 1973 television films
- 1970s comedy horror films
- 1970s fantasy films
- Demons in film
- The Devil in fiction
- Films directed by Robert Scheerer
- Films set in San Francisco
- NBC network original films
- Television films as pilots
- Television pilots not picked up as a series
- Horror television films
- American films
- 1973 comedy films
- American television film stubs
- Comedy horror film stubs