

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
"Rocking America with laughter!"
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Key Crew

Frank Capra
Director

Frank Capra
Producer

Robert Riskin
Screenplay
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)