The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

92 mins | Comedy, Romance | April 11, 1941

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.

The Devil and Miss Jones

92 mins | Comedy, Romance | April 11, 1941

The Devil and Miss Jones
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.
Original title The Devil and Miss Jones
Directors W. Argyle Nelson, Sam Wood
Writers Norman Krasna

Cast

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

Charles Waldron

as Needles

Edwin Maxwell

as Withers

Edward McNamara

as Police Desk Sergeant

Robert Emmett Keane

as Tom Higgins

Florence Bates

as Store Shopper

Charles Irwin

as Second Detective

Matt McHugh

as Sam

Julie Warren

as Dorothy

Ilene Brewer

as Sally - Little Girl

Regis Toomey

as 1st Policeman

Pat Moriarity

as 2nd Policeman

Minta Durfee

as Customer (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Saleslady (uncredited)