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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 240 1930s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Leo McCareyDirector
- Walter DeLeonScreenplay
- Harlan ThompsonScreenplay
Cast
- Charles LaughtonMarmaduke Ruggles
- Mary BolandEffie Floud
- Charles RugglesEgbert Floud
- Zasu PittsMrs. Judson
- Roland YoungEarl of Burnstead
- Leila HyamsNell Kenner
- Maude Eburne'Ma' Pettingill
- Lucien LittlefieldCharles Belknap-Jackson
- Leota LorraineMrs. Belknap-Jackson
- James BurkeJeff Tuttle
- Dell HendersonSam
- Clarence WilsonJake Henshaw
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Themes
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