# ID 1990s movie where devil helps man supplant his boss

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**Created:** [November 24, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-1990s-movie-where-devil-helps-man-supplant-his-boss/641956 "2012-11-24T02:16:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-1990s-movie-where-devil-helps-man-supplant-his-boss/641956/1 "2012-11-24T02:16:09Z")

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I’m trying to identify a movie I saw almost certainly in the late 1990s. A clerk or low level manager of some sort was helped by the Devil to supplant his boss, who had manic depression, and eventually died by literally running until he dropped.