The Devil and Miss Jones
For folks who haven't laughed since 1929!
1941 · 1h 32m · APPROVED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Sam Wood
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.
Director and cast
- Sam Wood Director
- Jean Arthur as Mary Jones
- Charles Coburn as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
- Robert Cummings as Joe O'Brien
- Edmund Gwenn as Hooper
- Spring Byington as Elizabeth Ellis
- S.Z. Sakall as George (Merrick's Butler)
- Walter Kingsford as Mr. Allison (General Manager)
- Montagu Love as Harrison
- Richard Carle as Oliver
- Charles Waldron as Needles
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