The Devil and Miss Jones [Blu-ray]

Director: Sam Wood

Overview

In this comedy, Charles Coburn, the world's richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store that he owns. To thwart this blatant act of democracy, Coburn changes his name and takes a menial job at the store, the better to catch the activists without detection.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2013
UPC:	0887090056809
Original Release:	1941
Rating:	NR
Source:	Olive Films
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	16,434

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charles Coburn	John P. Merrick
Jean Arthur	Mary Jones
Robert Cummings	Joe O'Brien
Edmund Gwenn	Hooper
Spring Byington	Elizabeth Ellis
S.Z. Sakall	George
William Demarest	1st Detective
Walter Kingsford	Allison
Montagu Love	Harrison
Richard Carle	Oliver
Charles Waldron	Needles
Edwin Maxwell	Withers
Edward McNamara	Police Sergeant
Robert Emmett Keane	Tom Higgins
Florence Bates	Customer
Charles Irwin	2nd Detective
Matt McHugh	Sam
Julie Warren	Dorothy
Betty Brewer	Sally,Sally (Little Girl)
Regis Toomey	1st Policeman
Pat Moriarity	2nd Policeman
Roy Webb	Composer

Technical Credits

Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna	Producer,Screenwriter
Frank Ross	Producer
Vernon L. Walker	Special Effects,Special Effects
John L. Cass	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The Devil and Miss Jones is a Frank Capra comedy without Capra. It most cases, that is a recipe for disaster, but Devil manages to escape that fate, thanks largely to its wonderfully appealing cast. Capra stablemate Jean Arthur, of course, is one of the main reasons the film works as well as it does. With that unforgettable voice (like a sore throat bathed in honey), precise comic timing, and a sense of vulnerability encased in iron, Arthur is almost always an asset; here, she also seems to be having a great deal of fun, and that fun is contagious. She's well-matched by the equally appealing Charles Coburn, avuncular, grumpy, and cuddly. If Robert Cummings isn't perfectly cast as a union firebrand, his failings are made up by the charming Spring Byington. Norman Krasna's screenplay is a little dated, and portions are a bit contrived, but it's also quite funny and filled with engaging characters. Sam Wood's direction is very solid, if not quite on Capra's level, and the end result is a sprightly, charming and amusing film.