Watch The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) Free Online

Release Date: 1981

Cast: David Knell, Elliott Gould, Sean Kane, Bill Cosby, Sonny Shroyer, Deborah Baltzell, Reggie Nalder, Julie Budd, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich, Chuck Shamata

Categories: Movies, Fantasy Comedy, Religious Film, Comedy, Fantasy, Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies, Family

The Devil and Max Devlin is a Disney motion picture released by Buena Vista Distribution Company, directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and released in early 1981 starring Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby and Susan Anspach. Gould praised this film in interviews as the finest he ever did (along with the other Disney film The Last Flight of Noah's Ark). It was considered to be controversial material for a Disney film at the time because of the subject matter and the fact that Bill Cosby was featured as a character of evil. It was also the first Disney film to actually contain swearing (not just... MORE

The Devil and Max Devlin is a Disney motion picture released by Buena Vista Distribution Company, directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and released in early 1981 starring Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby and Susan Anspach. Gould praised this film in interviews as the finest he ever did (along with the other Disney film The Last Flight of Noah's Ark). It was considered to be controversial material for a Disney film at the time because of the subject matter and the fact that Bill Cosby was featured as a character of evil. It was also the first Disney film to actually contain swearing (not just religious connotations) such as "damn" and an unfinished "son of a bitch". This film was one of three films that influenced the creation of Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures to make movies for mature audiences. The film was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on DVD in November 2000. Max Devlin (Elliott Gould) is a shady landlord of a rundown tenement who is rather jaded and callous towards his fellow man. One day while chasing an errant tenant, he is run over by a bus and killed. He descends into hell (which resembles a corporate business) and meets the Devil's chief henchman Barney Satin LESS