In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.
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| Directing | Alec Baldwin | Director |
| Production | Alec Baldwin | Producer |
| Production | Tony Cataldo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Terry Chase Chenowith | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Cornick | Producer |
| Production | Katie Daily | Associate Producer |
| Production | Craig Darian | Executive Producer |
| Production | Randall Emmett | Associate Producer |
| Production | Randall Emmett | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | George Furla | Associate Producer |
| Production | George Furla | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Patrick F. Gallagher | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carol Gillson | Producer |
| Production | David Glasser | Producer |
| Production | Michael Z. Gordon | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Z. Gordon | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Michael S. Grayson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Howard G. Kazanjian | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brian R. Keathley | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dessie Markovsky | Associate Producer |
| Production | Clint Morris | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Adam M. Stone | Producer |
| Production | Scott G. Stone | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff G. Waxman | Line Producer |
| Production | Jason Zelin | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Adam Holender | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John Carter | Editor |
| Editing | Mark Winitsky | Editor |
| Editing | Jeff Wood | Editor |
| Production | Roe Baker | Casting |
| Production | Anna Maniscalco | Casting |
| Production | Grant Wilfley | Casting |
| Art | Edward Pisoni | Production Design |
| Art | Beth Kushnick | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Paul Ratajczak | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Ratajczak | Sound Supervisor |
| Writing | Stephen Vincent Benet | Story |
| Writing | Peter Dexter | Screenstory |
| Writing | Peter Dexter | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bill Condon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nancy Cassaro | Screenplay |
| Writing | Archibald Macleish | Story |