‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan’
The classic 1941 fantasy-romance-comedy about the prizefighter who dies before his time and is sent back to earth to inhabit the body of a murdered industrialist. Charming, urbane; the source for Warren Beatty’s “Heaven Can Wait.” With Robert Montgomery (pictured) as the boxer, Claude Rains, Edward Everett Horton and Evelyn Keyes (pictured). Directed by Alexander Hall and written by Seton Miller and Sidney Buchman (Cinemax Monday at 7 a.m.).
Other four-star films airing this week:
The 400 Blows / Bravo, Monday, 12:15 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The French Connection / TMC, Monday, 4 p.m.
Notorious / AMC, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
A Double Life / AMC, Thursday, 12:15 p.m.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / TNT, Thursday, 7:35 p.m.
Red River / TNT, Thursday, 10:05 p.m.
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