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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

APR 9, 1936 · 115 MIN · DIR. FRANK CAPRA

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

Cast

  • Gary Cooper

    Gary Cooper

    Longfellow Deeds

  • Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur

    Babe Bennett

  • George Bancroft

    George Bancroft

    MacWade

  • Lionel Stander

    Lionel Stander

    Cornelius Cobb

  • Douglass Dumbrille

    Douglass Dumbrille

    John Cedar

  • Raymond Walburn

    Raymond Walburn

    Walter

  • H.B. Warner

    H.B. Warner

    Judge May

  • Ruth Donnelly

    Ruth Donnelly

    Mabel Dawson

  • Walter Catlett

    Walter Catlett

    Morrow

  • John Wray

    John Wray

    Farmer

  • Stanley Andrews

    Stanley Andrews

    James Cedar (uncredited)

  • Irving Bacon

    Irving Bacon

    Frank (uncredited)

Crew

Screenplay

Robert Riskin

Director of Photography

Joseph Walker

Editor

Gene Havlick

Original Music Composer

Howard Jackson

Producer

Frank Capra