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      The Meanest Man in the World

      1943 57m Comedy List
      Reviews 20% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Richard Clarke (Jack Benny) is a good-natured lawyer who lacks the hard-boiled legal instincts to be financially successful. When the object of his affections, Janie Brown (Priscilla Lane), decides to marry a wealthy suitor, Richard resolves to relocate his legal practice to New York City and make an attempt to win Janie's heart. Now, with the help of litigious billionaire Frederick Leggitt (Edmund Gwenn), Clarke makes the transformation from nice-guy attorney to ruthless legal shark. Read More Read Less

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      Elena de la Torre Cine-Mundial We could say, to some extent, this film is antiquated... But old-fashioned or not, it amuses. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 16, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Cute but fairly thin. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Lane was only 21 years younger than Benny. Hardly enough age difference for Hollywood. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review kevin w Take the Jack Benny show, cut out all the fat, and waddaya got? Benny and Rochester, sparring against and for each other, which brings us to this quick little gem about a cheap but warmhearted lawyer (its a fantasy) acting mean and lowdown cause people seem to like lawyers that way. Unfortunately, the racial attitudes of those days very nearly overcook this duck, but the chemistry of the two leads manages to survive even that. Worth looking for. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Richard Clarke (Jack Benny) is a good-natured lawyer who lacks the hard-boiled legal instincts to be financially successful. When the object of his affections, Janie Brown (Priscilla Lane), decides to marry a wealthy suitor, Richard resolves to relocate his legal practice to New York City and make an attempt to win Janie's heart. Now, with the help of litigious billionaire Frederick Leggitt (Edmund Gwenn), Clarke makes the transformation from nice-guy attorney to ruthless legal shark.
      Director
      Sidney Lanfield
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      57m