The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
February 12, 1943Release Date
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
February 12, 1943Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jack Benny
Richard Clarke
Priscilla Lane
Janie Brown
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Shufro
Edmund Gwenn
Frederick P. Leggitt
Matt Briggs
Arthur Brown
Sidney Lanfield
Director
Anne Revere
Kitty Crockett
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
Margaret Seddon
Mrs. Frances H. Leggitt
Helene Reynolds
Wife
George Seaton
Writer
Tom Dugan
Cop in Park (uncredited)
Allan House
Writer
Tor Johnson
Vladimir Pulasky (uncredited)
George M. Cohan
Writer
Mae Marsh
Old Lady (uncredited)
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Details.
Wiki.
Not to be confused with the 1920 George M. Cohan play or The Meanest Man in the World (1923 film)
The Meanest Man in the World is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Jack Benny and Priscilla Lane, based upon a play that starred George M. Cohan, who produced it on Broadway and released by 20th Century Fox. The supporting cast features Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Edmund Gwenn and Anne Revere. The picture's screenplay was written by George Seaton and Allan House. The plotline involves a kind lawyer (Benny) who pretends to be mean in order to further his career, which has the unforeseen repercussion of placing his romance with Lane's character in serious jeopardy.
The story was filmed once before in the silent era in 1923 by First National with Bert Lytell and Blanche Sweet. Only a fragment survives of the silent.