Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

09/04/1936
Comedy, Drama, Romance
1h 55m

Rocking America with laughter!

Overview

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

  • Frank CapraDirector
  • Robert RiskinScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • new york city
  • newspaper
  • small town
  • postcard
  • money
  • lawyer
  • reporter
  • black and white
  • vermont
  • heir
  • tuba
  • tuba player
  • damsel in distress

Top Billed Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett

George Bancroft

George Bancroft

MacWade

Lionel Stander

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn

Walter

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

Judge May

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

Walter Catlett

Walter Catlett

Morrow

John Wray

John Wray

Farmer

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