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The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets, so small that he didn't even knew that he owned it, is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at Merrick, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk, Thomas Higgins, in the shoe department. However, he soon befriends many of the employees and begins to see things from their point of view.

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Robert Cummings

Released: April 11, 1941

Runtime: 92.0

Popularity Rating: 0.837

Frank Ross-Norma Krasna Inc.

United States of America

Mary Jones Jean Arthur
John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins Charles Coburn
Joe O'Brien Robert Cummings
Hooper Edmund Gwenn
Elizabeth Ellis Spring Byington
George (Merrick's Butler) S.Z. Sakall
Mr. Allison (General Manager) Walter Kingsford
Harrison Montagu Love
Oliver Richard Carle
Needles Charles Waldron
Withers Edwin Maxwell
Police Desk Sergeant Edward McNamara
Tom Higgins Robert Emmett Keane
Store Shopper Florence Bates
Saleslady Bess Flowers

Camera — Director of Photography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Mel Berns
Directing — Director: Sam Wood
Production — Producer: Frank Ross
Writing — Writer: Norman Krasna