Genre Comedy
Fantasy Music by Morton Stevens | Directed by Robert Scheerer | |
Screenplay by Richard Baer
Earl Barret Story by Richard Baer
Earl Barret
Arne Sultan Starring Sammy Davis Jr.
Christopher Lee
Jack Klugman
Adam West | ||
Poor Devil (1973) was an NBC made-for-television movie that served as an unsold pilot of a comedy series. The film was first broadcast on NBC on February 14, 1973.
Sammy Davis Jr. starred as "Sammy", a demon from Hell who desires a promotion from working in the furnace room. Lucifer, played by horror veteran Christopher Lee, tells Sammy that he must first convince a San Francisco accountant named Burnett J. Emerson (Jack Klugman) to sell his soul. The film also starred Adam West.
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