Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Synopsis

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

Written by

Robert Riskin, Clarence Budington Kelland

Cast

Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett

George Bancroft

MacWade

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

Raymond Walburn

Walter

H.B. Warner

Judge May

Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

Walter Catlett

Morrow

John Wray

Farmer

Stanley Andrews

James Cedar (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Frank (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Cabby (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Mal (uncredited)

Dora Clement

Party Guest (uncredited)

Details

Released

April 9, 1936

Runtime

1h 55m

Status

Released

Language

EN

Country

United States of America

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