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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936Movie⏱️ 1h 55mApproved
ComedyDramaRomance
7.8
IMDB Rating
24,768 votes

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Director
Frank Capra
Writers
Robert Riskin, Clarence Budington Kelland
Stars
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Release Date
April 12, 1936
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 7
Wins
🎯 7
Nominations
💬 165
Reviews
📋 23.1K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
as Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
as Louise 'Babe' Bennett
George Bancroft
George Bancroft
as MacWade
Lionel Stander
Lionel Stander
as Cornelius Cobb
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
as John Cedar
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn
as Walter
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
as Judge May
Ruth Donnelly
Ruth Donnelly
as Mabel Dawson
Walter Catlett
Walter Catlett
as Morrow
John Wray
John Wray
as Farmer

💰 Box Office

$8,362
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedylongfellow deeds characterman reading a newspapertrain tripbreadline

🎯 Categories

Romantic ComedyScrewball ComedyComedyDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

The mystery of it all
by don_agu2004-04-17
10/10

"No computer generated images, small 1:33 ratio black and white screen and yet there is nothing in the world that comes close to the intimacy of this experience. Just look at Gary Cooper listening, trying to understand. Look at Jean Arthur falling in love. We have lost something very important along the way and it's not just innocence. How is it possible that nobody can get anywhere near this simple magic trick? They used to call Capra films "Capracorn" I wonder what they call Adam Sandler, Freddy Prinze Jr, and Jennifer Love Hewit comedies today? I want to jump into a time machi..."

💡 Did You Know?

This movie marks the entry of the verb doodle (in the sense of absent-minded scribbling) into the English language. The word was coined for the movie by screenwriter Robert Riskin.

📖 Synopsis

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.