VCI Entertainment: Restoration Demonstration for Angel on My Shoulder
Posted June 2, 2021 11:35 PM by Webmaster
VCI Entertainment has provided a promotional video for an upcoming restoration of Archie Mayo's Angel on My Shoulder (1946), starring Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens, and George Cleveland. A Blu-ray release of the restoration is expected to be officially announced later this year.
Synopsis: Prominent gangster Eddie Kagle (Paul Muni) lands in Hell after he is murdered by his childhood friend and business partner Smiley Williams (Hardie Albright). There he meets Nick (Claude Rains), who tries to get him to return to the living to take over the body of Judge Frederick Parker (also Muni). Kagle agrees, enticed by the prospect of seeking revenge on Smiley. But Kagel's attempts to tarnish Parker's reputation backfire, and when he finally confronts Smiley, his frustration becomes impossible to contain.