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Feature film — 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

7.51h 55mComedy — Drama — Romance

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.

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Columbia Pictures

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Director: Frank Capra

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Cast & crew

Gary Cooper as Longfellow Deeds

Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

Jean Arthur as Babe Bennett

Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett

George Bancroft as MacWade

George Bancroft

MacWade

Lionel Stander as Cornelius Cobb

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

Douglass Dumbrille as John Cedar

Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

Raymond Walburn as Walter

Raymond Walburn

Walter

H.B. Warner as Judge May

H.B. Warner

Judge May

Ruth Donnelly as Mabel Dawson

Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

Walter Catlett as Morrow

Walter Catlett

Morrow

John Wray as Farmer

John Wray

Farmer

Stanley Andrews as James Cedar (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

James Cedar (uncredited)

Irving Bacon as Frank (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Frank (uncredited)

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