Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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.

Genre : ComedyDramaRomance

Runtime : 115 mins

Release Date : 1936-04-09

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An unassuming poet from a small town called Mandrake Falls who suddenly inherits twenty million dollars is certainly fair game for every swindler, crooked businessman, and reporter in New York. Especially one very clever and witty newswoman named Babe Bennett, played by the great Jean Arthur. I m...

When a financier dies leaving the enormous sum of $20 millions, the race to find an heir takes us to a tiny hamlet where we meet the pixilated poet “Longfellow Deeds” (Gary Cooper). He’s an honest, slightly flighty, man who hasn’t the foggiest idea what to do with his new fortune except, perhaps, s...

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))

Mary Lou Dix

(Shop Girl (uncredited))

Ann Doran

(Girl on Bus (uncredited))

Muriel Evans

(Theresa (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

((uncredited))

Charles K. French

(Unemployed Farmer (uncredited))

Edward Gargan

(Bodyguard (uncredited))

George 'Gabby' Hayes

(Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited))

Arthur Hoyt

(Budington (uncredited))

Paul Hurst

(1st Deputy (uncredited))

Edward Keane

(Board Member (uncredited))

Charles Lane

(Hallor (uncredited))

Edward LeSaint

(Dr. Fosdick (uncredited))

Warren Hymer

(Bodyguard (uncredited))

Edwin Maxwell

(Douglas (uncredited))

Lafe McKee

(Unemployed Farmer (uncredited))

Frank McLure

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

George Meeker

(Henneberry (uncredited))

Mayo Methot

(Mrs. Semple (uncredited))

James Millican

(Interne (uncredited))

Bert Moorhouse

(Reporter (uncredited))

Jack Mower

(Reporter (uncredited))

Louis Natheaux

(Waiter (uncredited))

Dennis O'Keefe

(Courtroom Reporter (uncredited))

Bud Osborne

(Unemployed Farmer (uncredited))

Franklin Pangborn

(The Tailor (uncredited))

Barnett Parker

(Butler (uncredited))

William Phillips

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Paul Porcasi

(Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited))

Christian Rub

(Christian Jenson (uncredited))

Hal Price

(Policeman (uncredited))

Charles C. Wilson

(County Hospital Guard (uncredited))

Steve Clark

(Reporter (uncredited))

Pierre Watkin

(Arthur Cedar (uncredited))

Gustav von Seyffertitz

(Emile Von Hallor (uncredited))

Jameson Thomas

(Mr. Semple (uncredited))

John Tyrrell

(Reporter (uncredited))

Frank Austin

(George Rankin (uncredited))

John W. Austin

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Louise Bates

((uncredited))

Bobbie Beal

(Chorine (uncredited))

Georgie Billings

(Little Boy (uncredited))

John Binns

(Old Lawyer (uncredited))

Wyrley Birch

(Psychiatrist (uncredited))

Beatrice Blinn

(Assistant Secretary (uncredited))

Katherine Block

(Nurse (uncredited))

Sammy Blum

(Reporter (uncredited))

Joe Bordeaux

((uncredited))

Harry C. Bradley

(Anderson (uncredited))

Charles Brinley

(Farmer (uncredited))

Hal Budlong

(Elevator Man (uncredited))

Vera Burnett

((uncredited))

Fred Cady

(Farmer (uncredited))

Mary Jane Carey

((uncredited))

James Carlisle

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Jack Cheatham

(Policeman (uncredited))

Jack Rube Clifford

(Court Policeman (uncredited))

James Conaty

(Auditor (uncredited))

Georgie Cooper

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Thomas A. Curran

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Beatrice Curtis

(Secretary (uncredited))

Boyd Davis

(Young Lawyer (uncredited))

Helen Dickson

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Rita Donlin

((uncredited))

Walter Downing

(Farmer (uncredited))

Tex Driscoll

(Farmer (uncredited))

Adabelle Driver

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))

Paul Everton

(Farmer (uncredited))

Florence Dudley

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Bobby Dunn

((uncredited))

Peter Duray

((uncredited))

Janet Eastman

(Shop Girl (uncredited))

Oliver Eckhardt

(Dr. Emerson (uncredited))

Jay Eaton

(Writer (uncredited))

Carlton Griffin

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Adolph Faylauer

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Robert Ellsworth

(Policeman (uncredited))

Juanita Fletcher

((uncredited))

Octavio Giraud

(Farmer (uncredited))

Jack Hatfield

(Reporter (uncredited))

Chuck Hamilton

(Policeman (uncredited))

Sherry Hall

(Charlie (uncredited))

Frank Hammond

(Information Booth Man (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))

Beth Hartman

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Ralph McCullough

(Reporter (uncredited))

Althea Henley

((uncredited))

Al Herman

(Reporter (uncredited))

Harry Holden

(Courtroom Guard (uncredited))

Charles Herzinger

((uncredited))

Lew Hicks

(Chuck Collins (uncredited))

Fay Holderness

(Nurse (uncredited))

Frank Holliday

(Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited))

Gladden James

(Court Clerk (uncredited))

Eddie Kane

(Brookfield (uncredited))

William Irving

(Writer (uncredited))

Arthur Stuart Hull

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Alphonse Martell

(Headwaiter (uncredited))

Frederick Lee

((uncredited))

Stella LeSaint

(Party Guest (uncredited))

James B. Leong

(Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(Reporter (uncredited))

Lillian Lawrence

((uncredited))

Ann Kunde

((uncredited))

Margarete Matzenauer

(Madame Pomponi (uncredited))

Margaret McWade

(Amy Faulkner (uncredited))

Robert Milasch

(Farmer (uncredited))

Harold Miller

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Patricia Monroe

(Hat Check Girl (uncredited))

Gene Morgan

(Waiter (uncredited))

Edwin Mordant

(Board Member (uncredited))

Jack Montgomery

(Farmer (uncredited))

Edmund Mortimer

(Party Guest (uncredited))

John T. Murray

(Writer (uncredited))

Henry Norton

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Broderick O'Farrell

((uncredited))

Peggy Page

(Cigarette Girl (uncredited))

Ethel Palmer

(Governess (uncredited))

George Pauncefort

(Board Member (uncredited))

Gertrude Pedlar

(Party Guest (uncredited))

John Picorri

(Board Member (uncredited))

Richard Powell

(Reporter (uncredited))

Arthur Rankin

(Reporter (uncredited))

Ky Robinson

(Deputy (uncredited))

Frederick Roland

(Board Member (uncredited))

Adrian Rosley

(Italian Interpreter (uncredited))

Lillian Ross

(Hat Check Girl (uncredited))

Anne Schaefer

((uncredited))

Margaret Seddon

(Jane Faulkner (uncredited))

Harvey Shepherd

(Interne (uncredited))

Antrim Short

(Reporter (uncredited))

Lee Shumway

(Bailiff (uncredited))

S.S. Simon

(Farmer (uncredited))

Kay Smith

((uncredited))

Pat Somerset

((uncredited))

Harry Stafford

(Board Member (uncredited))

Larry Steers

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Policeman (uncredited))

Charles Sullivan

(Beatle Puss (uncredited))

Peggy Terry

((uncredited))

Dale Van Sickel

(Lawyer (uncredited))

Ellinor Vanderveer

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Bess Wade

((uncredited))

Pauline Wagner

(Phone Operator (uncredited))

Larry Wheat

(Clerk (uncredited))

Lee Willard

(Businessman (uncredited))

Jack Wise

(Courtroom Reporter (uncredited))

Florence Wix

((uncredited))

Vesey O'Davoren

(Party Guest (uncredited))