Poor Devil

Poor Devil (1973) is an NBC television film that served as an unsold pilot of a comedy series. The film was first broadcast on NBC on February 14, 1973. Sammy Davis Jr. starred as "Sammy", a demon from Hell who desires a promotion from working in the furnace room. Lucifer, played by horror veteran Christopher Lee, tells Sammy that he must first convince a San Francisco accountant named Burnett J. Emerson (Jack Klugman) to sell his soul. The film also starred Adam West, Madlyn Rhue and Byron Webster.