Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster
Director Frank Capra
Screenplay Robert Riskin

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Tagline: Rocking America with laughter!

Release Date: 1936-04-09

Duration: 115 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Gary Cooper
    Longfellow Deeds
  • Charles Lane
    Hallor (uncredited)
  • Lionel Stander
    Cornelius Cobb
  • Ann Doran
    Girl on Bus (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers
    Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Dennis O'Keefe
    Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
  • Irving Bacon
    Frank (uncredited)
  • Jean Arthur
    Babe Bennett
  • James Millican
    Interne (uncredited)
  • Bert Stevens
    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)