Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
75.03999999999999 %|Apr 9, 1936|Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Featured Crew
Frank Capra
Director
Clarence Budington Kelland
Story
Robert Riskin
Screenplay
Frank Capra
Producer
Howard Jackson
Original Music Composer
Joseph Walker
Director of Photography
Gene Havlick
Editor
Stephen Goosson
Art Direction
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 in Line and Courtroom (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
Mary Lou Dix
Shop Girl (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Muriel Evans
Theresa (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Minor Role (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 in Line and Courtroom (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 in Line and Courtroom (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
Dr. 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
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Anderson (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Farmer (uncredited)
Hal Budlong
Elevator Man (uncredited)
Vera Burnett
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fred Cady
Farmer (uncredited)
Mary Jane Carey
Minor Role (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Court Policeman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Auditor (uncredited)
Charles Conrad
Reporter (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
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Peter Duray
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Al Herman
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Holden
Courtroom Guard (uncredited)
Charles Herzinger
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Stella LeSaint
Party Guest (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Reporter (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Minor Role (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)
Vessey O'Davoren
Party Guest (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Minor Role (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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Lawyer (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Minor Role (uncredited)
Pauline Wagner
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Clerk (uncredited)
Lee Willard
Businessman (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Minor Role (uncredited)