The Devil and Miss Jones

April. 11,1941      NR
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Charles Coburn as  John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
Jean Arthur as  Mary Jones
Robert Cummings as  Joe O'Brien
Edmund Gwenn as  Hooper
Spring Byington as  Elizabeth Ellis
S.Z. Sakall as  George (Merrick's Butler)
William Demarest as  First Detective
Walter Kingsford as  Mr. Allison (General Manager)
Montagu Love as  Harrison
Richard Carle as  Oliver

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Reviews

Lawbolisted
1941/04/11

Powerful

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filippaberry84
1941/04/12

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Hayden Kane
1941/04/13

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Rio Hayward
1941/04/14

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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