The Devil and Miss Jones

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The Devil and Miss Jones

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).