The Devil and Miss Jones

Apr 11, 1941

1h 32m

★ 7.7

For folks who haven't laughed since 1929!

Overview

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.

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Cast

John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins

Charles Coburn

Mary Jones

Jean Arthur

Joe O'Brien

Robert Cummings

Hooper

Edmund Gwenn

Elizabeth Ellis

Spring Byington

George (Merrick's Butler)

S.Z. Sakall

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