Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

  • NR
  • 04/08/1936 (US)
  • 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 Capra

Director

Robert Riskin

Screenplay

Clarence Budington Kelland

Story

Cast

Gary Cooper's headshot

Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthur's headshot

Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett
George Bancroft's headshot

George Bancroft

MacWade
Lionel Stander's headshot

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb
Douglass Dumbrille's headshot

Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar
Raymond Walburn's headshot

Raymond Walburn

Walter
H.B. Warner's headshot

H.B. Warner

Judge May
Ruth Donnelly's headshot

Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

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