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©2003
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #214
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Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét
Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941; re-released in 1952 in shortened version as Daniel and the Devil
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and Bernard Herrmann biographer Stephen C. Smith; a reading of Benét's original short story by actor/director Alec Baldwin; comparison with an earlier preview version titled "Here is a man"; the Columbia Workshop's radio dramatization of the "Devil and Daniel Webster" and "The sea serpent"; the music of the film in an interactive essay by Christopher Husted; behind-the-scenes photos; essays by Tom Piazza and Benét
Music, Bernard Herrmann
Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Anne Shirley, John Qualen, Jeff Corey, Gene Lockhart, Lindy Wade
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual-layer
Closed-captioned