Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

1h 55min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Apr 9, 1936 | Released

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.

Director: Frank Capra

Producer: Frank Capra

Writer(s): Robert Riskin

Story: Clarence Budington Kelland

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Cast (171 Members)

John Wray

Farmer

Ann Doran

Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

Gino Corrado

Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Dr. Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)

Douglas (uncredited)

MacWade

Morrow

The Tailor (uncredited)

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

Paul Hurst

1st Deputy (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Budington (uncredited)

Margaret McWade

Amy Faulkner (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Hallor (uncredited)

Jameson Thomas

Mr. Semple (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

County Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)

Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett

Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

Pierre Watkin

Arthur Cedar (uncredited)

Dora Clement

Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank (uncredited)

Judge May

Lawyer (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Mal (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

James Cedar (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

Bud Osborne

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Warren Hymer

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

George "Gabby" Hayes

Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Charlie (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn

Walter

Mayo Methot

Mrs. Semple (uncredited)

William Phillips

Cameraman (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Brookfield (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

Reporter (uncredited)

William Irving

Writer (uncredited)

Charles Herzinger

Minor Role (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest (uncredited)

George Meeker

Henneberry (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Cabby (uncredited)

James Millican

Interne (uncredited)

Margaret Seddon

Jane Faulkner (uncredited)

Charles Conrad

Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)

Jack Wise

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Pat Somerset

Minor Role (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Policeman (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Board Member (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Reporter (uncredited)

Lafe McKee

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Beatle Puss (uncredited)

Beatrice Blinn

Assistant Secretary (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin

Reporter (uncredited)

Charles K. French

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Holliday

Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

Minor Role (uncredited)

Barnett Parker

Butler (uncredited)

Fay Holderness

Nurse (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence

Minor Role (uncredited)

Muriel Evans

Theresa (uncredited)

Steve Clark

Reporter (uncredited)

Gene Morgan

Waiter (uncredited)

Lee Willard

Businessman (uncredited)

Carlton Griffin

Party Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

George Cooper

Bob (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Montgomery

Farmer (uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt

Dr. Emerson (uncredited)

James B. Leong

Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

Young Lawyer (uncredited)

Paul Everton

Farmer (uncredited)

Hal Price

Policeman (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Al Herman

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Anderson (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Bailiff (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Reporter (uncredited)

Christian Rub

Christian Jenson (uncredited)

Gladden James

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Larry Wheat

Clerk (uncredited)

Wyrley Birch

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Austin

George Rankin (uncredited)

John T. Murray

Writer (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Policeman (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis

Secretary (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bobby Dunn

Minor Role (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Minor Role (uncredited)

Thomas A. Curran

Party Guest (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

John Picorri

Board Member (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough

Reporter (uncredited)

Sammy Blum

Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Minor Role (uncredited)

Anne Schaefer

Minor Role (uncredited)

Mary Jane Carey

Minor Role (uncredited)

Adrian Rosley

Italian Interpreter (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Waiter (uncredited)

Edwin Mordant

Board Member (uncredited)

James Conaty

Auditor (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Georgie Billings

Little Boy (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Party Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Minor Role (uncredited)

Charles Brinley

Farmer (uncredited)

Katherine Block

Nurse (uncredited)

Richard Powell

Reporter (uncredited)

Beth Hartman

Party Guest (uncredited)

Stella LeSaint

Party Guest (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Farmer (uncredited)

Georgie Cooper

Party Guest (uncredited)

Antrim Short

Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Farmer (uncredited)

Juanita Fletcher

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Writer (uncredited)

Harry Holden

Courtroom Guard (uncredited)

Lew Hicks

Chuck Collins (uncredited)

Jack Hatfield

Reporter (uncredited)

S.S. Simon

Farmer (uncredited)

Peggy Page

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Mary Lou Dix

Shop Girl (uncredited)

Harry Stafford

Board Member (uncredited)

Walter Downing

Farmer (uncredited)

Louise Bates

Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank Hammond

Information Booth Man (uncredited)

Frederick Roland

Board Member (uncredited)

Adabelle Driver

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Gertrude Pedlar

Party Guest (uncredited)

Hal Budlong

Elevator Man (uncredited)

Robert Ellsworth

Policeman (uncredited)

Ky Robinson

Deputy (uncredited)

Henry Norton

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Lillian Ross

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

George Pauncefort

Board Member (uncredited)

Frederick Lee

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bess Wade

Minor Role (uncredited)

John Binns

Old Lawyer (uncredited)

Octavio Giraud

Farmer (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Janet Eastman

Shop Girl (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Court Policeman (uncredited)

John W. Austin

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bobbie Beal

Chorine (uncredited)

Vera Burnett

Minor Role (uncredited)

Fred Cady

Farmer (uncredited)

Rita Donlin

Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Duray

Minor Role (uncredited)

Althea Henley

Minor Role (uncredited)

Margarete Matzenauer

Madame Pomponi (uncredited)

Patricia Monroe

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Vessey O'Davoren

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ethel Palmer

Governess (uncredited)

Harvey Shepherd

Interne (uncredited)

Kay Smith

Minor Role (uncredited)

Peggy Terry

Minor Role (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner

Phone Operator (uncredited)

John Wray Farmer

Ann Doran Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Gary Cooper Longfellow Deeds

Lionel Stander Cornelius Cobb

Gino Corrado Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

Gustav von Seyffertitz Dr. Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell Douglas (uncredited)

George Bancroft MacWade

Walter Catlett Morrow

Franklin Pangborn The Tailor (uncredited)

Emma Dunn Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

Paul Hurst 1st Deputy (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt Budington (uncredited)

Margaret McWade Amy Faulkner (uncredited)

Charles Lane Hallor (uncredited)

Jameson Thomas Mr. Semple (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson County Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)

Jean Arthur Babe Bennett

Ruth Donnelly Mabel Dawson

Pierre Watkin Arthur Cedar (uncredited)

Dora Clement Party Guest (uncredited)

Irving Bacon Frank (uncredited)

H.B. Warner Judge May

Dale van Sickel Lawyer (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton Policeman (uncredited)

Spencer Charters Mal (uncredited)

Edward Gargan Bodyguard (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews James Cedar (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille John Cedar

Bud Osborne Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Warren Hymer Bodyguard (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham Minor Role (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

George "Gabby" Hayes Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

Sherry Hall Charlie (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn Walter

Mayo Methot Mrs. Semple (uncredited)

William Phillips Cameraman (uncredited)

Eddie Kane Brookfield (uncredited)

John Tyrrell Reporter (uncredited)

William Irving Writer (uncredited)

Charles Herzinger Minor Role (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer Party Guest (uncredited)

George Meeker Henneberry (uncredited)

Billy Bevan Cabby (uncredited)

James Millican Interne (uncredited)

Margaret Seddon Jane Faulkner (uncredited)

Charles Conrad Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)

Jack Wise Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Pat Somerset Minor Role (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan Policeman (uncredited)

Edward Keane Board Member (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor Train Conductor (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bess Flowers Minor Role (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse Reporter (uncredited)

Lafe McKee Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan Beatle Puss (uncredited)

Beatrice Blinn Assistant Secretary (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin Reporter (uncredited)

Charles K. French Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Larry Steers Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Holliday Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell Minor Role (uncredited)

Barnett Parker Butler (uncredited)

Fay Holderness Nurse (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence Minor Role (uncredited)

Muriel Evans Theresa (uncredited)

Steve Clark Reporter (uncredited)

Gene Morgan Waiter (uncredited)

Lee Willard Businessman (uncredited)

Carlton Griffin Party Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

George Cooper Bob (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell Headwaiter (uncredited)

Mike Lally Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Montgomery Farmer (uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt Dr. Emerson (uncredited)

James B. Leong Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)

Boyd Davis Young Lawyer (uncredited)

Paul Everton Farmer (uncredited)

Hal Price Policeman (uncredited)

Frank McLure Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Al Herman Reporter (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley Anderson (uncredited)

Lee Shumway Bailiff (uncredited)

Jack Mower Reporter (uncredited)

Christian Rub Christian Jenson (uncredited)

Gladden James Court Clerk (uncredited)

Larry Wheat Clerk (uncredited)

Wyrley Birch Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Helen Dickson Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Austin George Rankin (uncredited)

John T. Murray Writer (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham Policeman (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis Secretary (uncredited)

Florence Dudley Party Guest (uncredited)

Bobby Dunn Minor Role (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux Minor Role (uncredited)

Thomas A. Curran Party Guest (uncredited)

Hank Bell Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

John Picorri Board Member (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough Reporter (uncredited)

Sammy Blum Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull Party Guest (uncredited)

Ann Kunde Minor Role (uncredited)

Anne Schaefer Minor Role (uncredited)

Mary Jane Carey Minor Role (uncredited)

Adrian Rosley Italian Interpreter (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux Waiter (uncredited)

Edwin Mordant Board Member (uncredited)

James Conaty Auditor (uncredited)

Bert Stevens Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Georgie Billings Little Boy (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer Party Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix Minor Role (uncredited)

Charles Brinley Farmer (uncredited)

Katherine Block Nurse (uncredited)

Richard Powell Reporter (uncredited)

Beth Hartman Party Guest (uncredited)

Stella LeSaint Party Guest (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll Farmer (uncredited)

Georgie Cooper Party Guest (uncredited)

Antrim Short Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Milasch Farmer (uncredited)

Juanita Fletcher Minor Role (uncredited)

Jay Eaton Writer (uncredited)

Harry Holden Courtroom Guard (uncredited)

Lew Hicks Chuck Collins (uncredited)

Jack Hatfield Reporter (uncredited)

S.S. Simon Farmer (uncredited)

Peggy Page Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Mary Lou Dix Shop Girl (uncredited)

Harry Stafford Board Member (uncredited)

Walter Downing Farmer (uncredited)

Louise Bates Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank Hammond Information Booth Man (uncredited)

Frederick Roland Board Member (uncredited)

Adabelle Driver Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Gertrude Pedlar Party Guest (uncredited)

Hal Budlong Elevator Man (uncredited)

Robert Ellsworth Policeman (uncredited)

Ky Robinson Deputy (uncredited)

Henry Norton Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Lillian Ross Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

George Pauncefort Board Member (uncredited)

Frederick Lee Minor Role (uncredited)

Bess Wade Minor Role (uncredited)

John Binns Old Lawyer (uncredited)

Octavio Giraud Farmer (uncredited)

James Carlisle Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Janet Eastman Shop Girl (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford Court Policeman (uncredited)

John W. Austin Party Guest (uncredited)

Bobbie Beal Chorine (uncredited)

Vera Burnett Minor Role (uncredited)

Fred Cady Farmer (uncredited)

Rita Donlin Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Duray Minor Role (uncredited)

Althea Henley Minor Role (uncredited)

Margarete Matzenauer Madame Pomponi (uncredited)

Patricia Monroe Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Vessey O'Davoren Party Guest (uncredited)

Ethel Palmer Governess (uncredited)

Harvey Shepherd Interne (uncredited)

Kay Smith Minor Role (uncredited)

Peggy Terry Minor Role (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner Phone Operator (uncredited)

Crew (16 Members)

Frank Capra

Director

Louis Silvers

Music

Joseph Walker

Director of Photography

Screenplay

Music Director

Art Direction

Editor

Sound Engineer

Still Photographer

Costume Design

Stand In

Clarence Budington Kelland

Story

Stand In

Assistant Director

Sound Director

Visual Effects

Frank Capra Director

Louis Silvers Music

Joseph Walker Director of Photography

Robert Riskin Screenplay

Howard Jackson Music Director

Stephen Goosson Art Direction

Gene Havlick Editor

Edward Bernds Sound Engineer

Irving Lippman Still Photographer

Samuel Lange Costume Design

Frances Morris Stand In

Clarence Budington Kelland Story

Slim Talbot Stand In

Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director

John P. Livadary Sound Director

Roy Davidson Visual Effects

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

1h 55min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Apr 9, 1936 | Released

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