Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Rocking America with laughter!

Movie · Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 55m · Rated 7.5/10 on TMDB · Released April 9, 1936

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.

Directed by Frank Capra

Cast

• Gary Cooper as Longfellow Deeds
• Jean Arthur as Babe Bennett
• George Bancroft as MacWade
• Lionel Stander as Cornelius Cobb
• Douglass Dumbrille as John Cedar
• Raymond Walburn as Walter
• H.B. Warner as Judge May
• Ruth Donnelly as Mabel Dawson
• Walter Catlett as Morrow
• John Wray as Farmer
• Stanley Andrews as James Cedar (uncredited)
• Irving Bacon as Frank (uncredited)

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