Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

  • NR
  • 03/08/1935 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 30m

SH-H-H-H! TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO HOWL! And howl you will at this funniest of all comedies...

Overview

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

Harry Leon Wilson

Novel

Harlan Thompson

Screenplay

Walter DeLeon

Screenplay

Leo McCarey

Director

Cast

Charles Laughton's headshot

Charles Laughton

Marmaduke Ruggles
Mary Boland's headshot

Mary Boland

Effie Floud
Charles Ruggles's headshot

Charles Ruggles

Egbert Floud
Zasu Pitts's headshot

Zasu Pitts

Mrs. Judson
Roland Young's headshot

Roland Young

Earl of Burnstead
Leila Hyams's headshot

Leila Hyams

Nell Kenner
Maude Eburne's headshot

Maude Eburne

'Ma' Pettingill
Lucien Littlefield's headshot

Lucien Littlefield

Charles Belknap-Jackson

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