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The Meanest Man in the World (1943)

Comedy | 57 minutes
2,80 5 votes

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 57 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Sidney Lanfield

Stars: Jack Benny and Priscilla Lane

IMDb score: 6,4 (394)

Releasedate: 12 February 1943

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The Meanest Man in the World plot

"Wham! It's a Laugh Hit!"

Attorney Richard Clark loses case after case for being too gentle. His company threatens to go bankrupt and he receives the advice from his employee to tackle things hard and ice cold from now on. The change seems to be working, but his girlfriend Janie doesn't like his new attitude.

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Richard Clarke

Frederick P. Leggitt

Arthur Brown

Kitty Crockett

Mrs. Frances H. Leggitt

Cop in Park (uncredited)

Vladimir Pulasky (uncredited)

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Small comedy that packs a lot of speed into its 57 minutes, and I haven't even mentioned all those familiar faces that pop up in minimal roles (almost cameos): Edmund Gwenn, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Anne Revere, Frank Ferguson, Tor Johnson... Still quite nice because Jack Benny is always worth it and because Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as his butler Shufro is almost always the better of him verbally. Apparently Ernst Lubitsch helped with a number of re-takes, which may explain why this film is more fun than you might expect based on the average director Sidney Lanfield at the helm.

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