The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941)
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets, so small that he didn't even knew that he owned it, is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the emplo
Stars: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington
Director: Sam Wood
Writer: Norman Krasna
Language: English
Studio: Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.
Duration: 92
Rated: NR
DVD Release: January 1998
Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. Not realizing his true identity, he's befriended by Mary Jones and Joe O'Brien, the two ringleaders, and Elizabeth Ellis, a charming older woman with whom he develops a romance.
Jean Arthur | Mary Jones |
Robert Cummings | Joe O'Brien |
Charles Coburn | John P. Merrick |
Edmund Gwenn | Hooper |
Spring Byington | Elizabeth Ellis |
S.Z. Sakall | George - Merrick's Butler |
William Demarest | First Detective |
Walter Kingsford | Mr. Allison |
Montagu Love | Harrison |
Richard Carle | Oliver |
Charles Waldron | Needles |
Edwin Maxwell | Withers |
Edward McNamara | Police Desk Sergeant |
Robert Emmett Keane | Tom Higgins |
Bess Flowers | |
Florence Bates | Store Shopper |
Charles Irwin | Second Detective |
Matt McHugh | Sam |
Julie Warren | Dorothy |
Betty Brewer | Sally - Little Girl (as Ilene Brewer) |
Ilene Brewer | Sally (Little Girl) |
Regis Toomey | First Policeman |
Pat Moriarity | Second Policeman (as Pat Moriarty) |
Brooks Benedict | Mr. Felspar |
Irving Cummings | Undetermined Role |
Carol Dietrich | Blonde |
Minta Durfee | Customer |
William Elmer | Attendant at Jim's Bath House |
Fern Emmett | Second Shopper |
Pat Flaherty | Mark - Policeman with Pickpocket |
Jack Gargan | Man at Coney Island |
Edna Hall | Fat Shopper |
Kenner G. Kemp | Shopper at Neeley's |
Mike Lally | Luggage clerk |
Frank Mills | Attendant at Third Bath House |
Tom Miscari | Undetermined Role |
Garry Owen | Drug Store Clerk |
Victor Potel | Attendant at First Bath House |
Suzanne Ridgway | China Department Clerk |
Ronald R. Rondell | Jitterbug Dancer |
Nicholas Soussanin | Man on Rooftop |
Will Stanton | Pickpocket at Precinct House |
Amzie Strickland | Shopper at Neeley's |
Walter Tetley | Stock Boy |
Lucio Villegas | Store Employee Picket |
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0033533