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Edward Arnold — Daniel Webster — The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)

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The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)
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The Devil and Daniel Webster is a 1941 American supernatural horror film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig, and Simone Simon. Based on the 1938 play adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét's 1936 short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster", the film deals with the theme of the deal with the Devil: A farmer sells his soul for good luck and prosperity, bu

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"Mister Scratch once told you that your soul meant nothing. And you believed him. And you lost your freedom. Freedom isnt just a big word. It is the morning and the bread and the risen sun. It was for freedom we came to these shores in boats and ships. It was a long journey and a hard one and a bitter one. Yes, there is sadness in being a man... but it is a proud thing, too. And out of the suffering and the starvation and the wrong and the right, a new thing has come: a free man. And when the whips of the oppressors are broken and their names forgotten and destroyed, free men will be talking and walking under a free star. Yes, we have planted freedom in this earth like wheat. And we have said to the skies above us, "A man shall own his own soul... " Now, here is this man. He is your brother. You were Americans all. [points to the Devil] You cant be on his side, the side of the oppressor. Let Jabez Stone keep his soul, a soul which doesnt belong to him alone but to his family, his son, and his country. Gentlemen of the jury, dont let this country go to the devil. Free Jabez Stone. God bless the United States and the men who made her free."
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