The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

7.7/10 92 min Comedy Romance

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.

Cast

Charles Coburn

John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins

Jean Arthur

Mary Jones

Robert Cummings

Joe O'Brien

Edmund Gwenn

Hooper

Spring Byington

Elizabeth Ellis

S.Z. Sakall

George (Merrick's Butler)

William Demarest

First Detective

Walter Kingsford

Mr. Allison (General Manager)

Montagu Love

Harrison

Richard Carle

Oliver

Edwin Maxwell

Withers

Edward McNamara

Police Desk Sergeant

Robert Emmett Keane

Tom Higgins

Florence Bates

Store Shopper

Matt McHugh

Sam

Regis Toomey

1st Policeman

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