Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

7.5/10 115 min Comedy Drama Romance

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.

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)

Gino Corrado

Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

George Cooper

Bob (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

(uncredited)

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

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