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The Devil and Miss Jones
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Produced by | Frank Ross |
| Written by | Norman Krasna |
| Starring | Jean Arthur Charles Coburn |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling, Sr. |
| Editing by | Sherman Todd |
| Distributed by | RKO |
| Release date(s) | May 11, 1941 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Devil and Miss Jones is a 1941 comedy film starring Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn. Directed by Sam Wood and scripted by Norman Krasna, the film was the product of an independent collaboration between Krasna and producer Frank Ross. Their short-lived production company released two films through RKO Radio Pictures (Miss Jones and 1943's A Lady Takes a Chance). The film was well-received by critics upon its release and garnered Academy Award nominations for Coburn and Krasna.
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Cantankerous tycoon John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn) goes undercover as a shoe clerk at his own New York department store to identify agitators trying to form a union, after seeing a newspaper picture of his employees hanging him in effigy. He befriends fellow clerk Mary Jones (Jean Arthur) and her recently fired boyfriend Joe O'Brien (Robert Cummings), a labor union organizer. Through his firsthand experiences, he grows more sympathetic to the needs of his workers, while finding unexpected love with sweet-natured clerk Elizabeth Ellis (Spring Byington).
- Jean Arthur as Mary Jones
- Robert Cummings as Joe O'Brien
- Charles Coburn as John P. Merrick
- Edmund Gwenn as Hooper
- Spring Byington as Elizabeth Ellis
- S.Z. Sakall as George (Merrick's Butler)
- William Demarest as First Detective
- Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Charles Coburn
- Best Original Screenplay (nomination) - Norman Krasna
- The Devil and Miss Jones at the Internet Movie Database
- The Devil and Miss Jones at All Movie Guide
- The Devil and Miss Jones at the TCM Movie Database
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