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For folks who haven't laughed since 1929! - The Devil and Miss Jones
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Title: The Devil and Miss Jones

Release Date: 11 Apr 1941

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.

Production Companies: Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.

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.

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Average Vote: 7.728 (57 votes)

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
  • First Detective: William Demarest
  • Mr. Allison (General Manager): Walter Kingsford
  • Harrison: Montagu Love
  • Oliver: Richard Carle
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