Devil's Partner

1961 "Half man, half beast--he sold his soul for passion!"
5.2| 1h13m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 19 September 1961 Released
Producted By: Huron Productions Inc.
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An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Wizard-8 I must admit that I usually have a soft spot for movies where people get great powers and start eliminating their enemies one by one, so I thought that I would like "Devil's Partner". But in the end I thought the movie was a letdown. I will admit it gets off to a decent start, with some intrigue and even a little eeriness, plus also a little style injected by the director. However, after the promising opening, the movie loses its way. It becomes a real slow-moving story (despite having a running time of only 72 minutes), and it is seriously lacking bite. The movie really needed a harder edge; as it is, it feels too soft as well as slow. While I wouldn't call the end results terrible, the movie all the same is a big disappointment.
bkoganbing A few years after Ed Nelson was 'introduced' in this film he got a great career break playing in the television version of Peyton Place for several years. But I'll bet the folks who produced Peyton Place never saw Nelson playing in a monstrosity.Devil's Partner finds Ed Nelson as an old man who's apparently got the hots for this young woman. But naturally she won't give him the time of day. So he makes a deal with the devil who grants him all kinds of powers and he starts making his moves on Jean Allison daughter of the town physician Edgar Buchanan.Part of his deal with the devil has him becoming young and he becomes the Ed Nelson familiar to us from the Sixties as Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place. He can also shapeshift like Odo and command the animals to do his bidding. I'll let you see the film to see what he has them do.Where was Edgar Buchanan's agent to allow him to do such a monstrosity of a film? For that matter Richard Crane who was television's Rocky Jones in the Fifties was similarly dumped on by his agent. Crane plays the filling station owner that Allison has her heart set on. Crane was on the downside of his career, but Buchanan was a respected character actor and Nelson had a future despite this film.The ending, ripped off from The Invisible Man. I'll bet the cast members wished they were invisible after being in this.
moycon Enough has been said regarding the summary of this flick. Sure, the plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I'd even go so far as to say the the makers may have switched stories 20 minutes into filming this movie. The deal with the guy coming back and not seeming to know anyone in the town he's lived in all his life just makes me think there was another version of the story at one time... Maybe not though. Maybe the plot just wasn't thought out enough. But what the movie does have is atmosphere. From the opening shot of a sinister shadow on a decrepit shacks wall with a scared goat bleating in the background , to a faithful pet going berserk and attacking it's master this movie is creepy. All you folks who like these old spook flicks know...That's the important thing. The Alpha Video version is very cheap but is in pretty bad shape especially at the beginning of reels. Sinister Cinema has a better copy but you'll pay more for it. I'd say at the very least get the Alpha Video version. You can't go wrong spending $6.00 and getting a quality spook.
garland-schaefers This is a very interesting movie. Never mind the fact that its populated by TV and movie personalities from the 60's (including Uncle Charlie from Pettycoat Junction!). There are some serious holes in the plot, I'll grant you. And the quality of the DVD is even worse than usual (it looks like they just digitized the film without even dusting it off). However, the acting here was sincere, and the plot (what little you can work out) is at least not tired. I actually enjoyed it more than I expected to.