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The Meanest Man in the World

02/12/1943

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0hr 57min

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Comedy

Wham! It's a Laugh Hit!

STORY

Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jack Benny
  • Priscilla Lane
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
  • Edmund Gwenn
  • Matt Briggs

    Directors

  • Sidney Lanfield
  • George Seaton

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • 20th Century Fox

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Jack Benny

Richard Clarke

Priscilla Lane

Janie Brown

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Shufro

Edmund Gwenn

Frederick P. Leggitt

Matt Briggs

Arthur Brown

Anne Revere

Kitty Crockett

Margaret Seddon

Mrs. Frances H. Leggitt

Helene Reynolds

Wife

Tom Dugan

Cop in Park (uncredited)

Tor Johnson

Vladimir Pulasky (uncredited)