The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Wham! It's a Laugh Hit!
57 min
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.
- Release date
- February 12, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Cyril J. Mockridge
Cast
- Jack Benny as Richard Clarke
- Priscilla Lane as Janie Brown
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Shufro
- Edmund Gwenn as Frederick P. Leggitt
- Matt Briggs as Arthur Brown
- Anne Revere as Miss Crockett
- Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Frances H. Leggitt
- Donald Douglas as Husband
- Helene Reynolds as Wife
- Jackie Averill as Boy with Lollipop
Crew
- Sidney Lanfield · Director
- George Seaton · Writer
- Allan House · Writer
- George M. Cohan · Writer
- William Perlberg · Producer
- Cyril J. Mockridge · Composer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Robert Bischoff · Editor