

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Movie · 1h 55m · NR
ComedyDramaRomance
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Key crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Robert RiskinScreenplay
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary CooperLongfellow Deeds
- Jean ArthurBabe Bennett
- George BancroftMacWade
- Lionel StanderCornelius Cobb
- Douglass DumbrilleJohn Cedar
- Raymond WalburnWalter
- H.B. WarnerJudge May
- Ruth DonnellyMabel Dawson
- Walter CatlettMorrow
- John WrayFarmer
- Stanley AndrewsJames Cedar (uncredited)
- Irving BaconFrank (uncredited)
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Themes
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