Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

moran-78845 I gave a ten minute presentation upon this movie and the original short story by Stephen Vincent Benet. I had an audience of roughly twenty people: faculty and students. Afterwards many of them came up to me to tell me how many they enjoyed the movie.Walter Huston, in the role of the Devil, chewed up the screen with his cigar smoking and his wicked smile. Old Lucifer has never been so much fun; and he's an American original in this film as Benet intended.Edward Arnold, a hail and hearty character era from the 30's and 40's, played a robust and earthy Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts. His duel with the Evil One in a court room full of the damned from American history is priceless.An all-star cast does an outstanding to keep this film compelling and timeless.

jarrodmcdonald-1 Hollywood has seen fit to dig up Stephen Vincent Benet's classic story about a farmer who sells his soul to the devil in order to avoid hardship. Overall, the result is very entertaining and retains audience interest.The film owes a debt of gratitude to The Good Earth, produced a few years earlier, for its field scenes. Despite liking most of the performers that the producers have assembled, it does seem obvious the film might have been better if Orson Welles had been cast in the role of Satan. As it is, Walter Huston does an admirable job, but one can only dream how much more spectacular the results might have been with a macabre turn by Welles.

nomoons11 I couldn't believe what I saw when I finished this film. I can't believe I missed this one all these years.I have to say right off, Walter Huston to me, plays the best version of the devil I have ever seen on film. They call him Scratch. He is so darn creepy in this. Not in a horns and hell-fire typa way. Just in his sorta "salesmen" mentality throughout. He's got you with the contract so you better live up to it. He is most certainly the standout of this film.The other characters in this do their job well but I'm bettin' this was suppose to be a character driven film. Meaning lots of characters and it just evolves from their. Most will Jabez Stone and Scratch are the main characters in this but I wouldn't agree. There are plenty of memorable roles who keep this film so interesting until the very very end. James Craig you'll see wasn't a great actor but everyone around him makes this film what it is...a really subversive tale about sellin your soul to the Devil.I would seriously recommend this film to anyone who's religious. Like Rosemary's Baby, it will shake you to your core on your belief system. Wait for the very last frame of the film and watch what Scratch wants...hehe.For someone like me it comes down to this. The Devil isn't a person. The Devil is right and wrong in you. The Devil is...temptation.

kenjha A farmer sells his soul to the devil for seven years of prosperity. What the film has going for it are impressive cinematography and Herrmann's Oscar-winning score. The cast is also notable, although the acting is uneven. The film can't seem to decide whether it's a comedy or a drama. While the Faustian plot device sets up an interesting premise, the payoff is not there, with an unsatisfying conclusion where the farmer is defended by statesman Daniel Webster in an informal trial. As the giggling devil, Huston is rather silly and one-dimensional. The transformation of Craig from a decent fellow to a jerk, hastened by the arrival of the devilish Simon, is not convincing.