Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

(1936)

Tagline

Starring

Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglass Dumbrille

Director

Frank Capra

Genre

Romance Comedy

Running Time

115 minutes

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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.

Released

12 April 1936

Budget

£0

Revenue

£0

Language

English

Studio

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Country of Origin

United States of America

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

Crew

Stephen Goosson...Art Direction
Clarence Budington Kelland...Story
Robert Riskin...Screenplay
Frank Capra...Producer
Gene Havlick...Editor
Joseph Walker...Director of Photography
Howard Jackson...Original Music Composer
Frank Capra...Director