Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
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.
- Released
- 1935-03-08
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Harlan Thompson, Walter DeLeon, Leo McCarey
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 86 votes
Cast
- Charles Laughton as Marmaduke Ruggles
- Mary Boland as Effie Floud
- Charles Ruggles as Egbert Floud
- Zasu Pitts as Mrs. Judson
- Roland Young as Earl of Burnstead
- Leila Hyams as Nell Kenner
- Maude Eburne as 'Ma' Pettingill
- Lucien Littlefield as Charles Belknap-Jackson
- Leota Lorraine as Mrs. Belknap-Jackson
- James Burke as Jeff Tuttle
- Dell Henderson as Sam
- Clarence Wilson as Jake Henshaw