Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
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.
- Released
- 1936-04-09
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Frank Capra, Robert Riskin
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 419 votes
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Longfellow Deeds
- Jean Arthur as Babe Bennett
- George Bancroft as MacWade
- Lionel Stander as Cornelius Cobb
- Douglass Dumbrille as John Cedar
- Raymond Walburn as Walter
- H.B. Warner as Judge May
- Ruth Donnelly as Mabel Dawson
- Walter Catlett as Morrow
- John Wray as Farmer
- Stanley Andrews as James Cedar (uncredited)
- Irving Bacon as Frank (uncredited)