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The Devil and Daniel Webster

“A GREAT MOTION PICTURE DARES TO BE DIFFERENT!”

1941 · 1 h 47 min
Directed by William Dieterle
DramaFantasyRomance

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

A New Hampshire farmer sells his soul to the Devil and the great lawyer Daniel Webster defends him at a ghostly trial.

Sinekatalog’s take

William Dieterle's fantasy is dark and charming, with Walter Huston as Mr. Scratch and a Bernard Herrmann score.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (6,656 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.