

The Devil and Miss Jones
For folks who haven't laughed since 1929!
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
Charles Waldron
Needles

Edwin Maxwell
Withers

Edward McNamara
Police Desk Sergeant

Robert Emmett Keane
Tom Higgins

Florence Bates
Store Shopper
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Storyline
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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