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 . The film was well-received by critics upon its release and garnered Academy Award nominations for Coburn and Krasna. Cantankerous tycoon John P. Merrick 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 and her recently fired boyfriend Joe O'Brien , 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 .
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| Release date: | May 11, 1941 |
| Directed by: | Sam Wood |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Frank Ross |
| Editor: | Sherman Todd |
| Cinematography: | Harry Stradling |
| Screenplay by: | Norman Krasna |
| Genre: | Comedy |