The Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · TMDB 7.6
Directed by Sam Wood
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.
Why it matters
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. Merri...
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- Runtime
- 92 min
- Released
- 1941-04-11
- Studio
- Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.6
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Sam Wood
Director
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Norman Krasna
Writer
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Jean Arthur
Mary Jones
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Robert Cummings
Joe O'Brien
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Charles Coburn
John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
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Edmund Gwenn
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Elizabeth Ellis
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William Demarest
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