The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
Charles Coburn
as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
Jean Arthur
as Mary Jones
Robert Cummings
as Joe O'Brien
Edmund Gwenn
as Hooper
Spring Byington
as Elizabeth Ellis
S.Z. Sakall
as George (Merrick's Butler)
William Demarest
as First Detective
Walter Kingsford
as Mr. Allison (General Manager)
Montagu Love
as Harrison
Richard Carle
as Oliver
Charles Waldron
as Needles
Edwin Maxwell
as Withers
