--- title: 'The Meanest Man in the World (1943)' type: 'film' director: 'Sidney Lanfield' released: '1943-01-01' genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-meanest-man-in-the-world-1943' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036149/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Meanest Man in the World (1943) 1943 · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sidney Lanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lanfield) - **Screenplay:** [George Seaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-seaton) - **Original Music Composer:** [Cyril J. Mockridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-j-mockridge) - **Producer:** [William Perlberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-perlberg) ## Cast - [Margaret Seddon](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-seddon) - [Jack Benny](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-benny) - [Eddie "Rochester" Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-rochester-anderson) - [Ralph Byrd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-byrd) - [Anne Revere](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-revere) - [Edmund Gwenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-gwenn) - [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh) - [Priscilla Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/priscilla-lane) - [Helene Whitney](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-whitney) - [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-meanest-man-in-the-world-1943 Film facts: Wikidata (Q16253040); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.