Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

7.541

115 minutes

4/9/1936

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.

Cast List

Gary Cooper
as Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthur
as Babe Bennett
George Bancroft
as MacWade
Lionel Stander
as Cornelius Cobb
Douglass Dumbrille
as John Cedar
Raymond Walburn
as Walter
H.B. Warner
as Judge May
Ruth Donnelly
as Mabel Dawson
Walter Catlett
as Morrow
John Wray
as Farmer
Stanley Andrews
as James Cedar (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Frank (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
as Cabby (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
as Mal (uncredited)
Dora Clement
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Strolling Violinist (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Bob (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
as (uncredited)
Emma Dunn
as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
Mary Lou Dix
as Shop Girl (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Muriel Evans
as Theresa (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as (uncredited)
Charles K. French
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
as Budington (uncredited)
Paul Hurst
as 1st Deputy (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Board Member (uncredited)
Charles Lane
as Hallor (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
as Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as Douglas (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
George Meeker
as Henneberry (uncredited)
Mayo Methot
as Mrs. Semple (uncredited)
James Millican
as Interne (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Reporter (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Waiter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
as The Tailor (uncredited)
Barnett Parker
as Butler (uncredited)
William Phillips
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)
Christian Rub
as Christian Jenson (uncredited)
Hal Price
as Policeman (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
as County Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Steve Clark
as Reporter (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
as Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)
Jameson Thomas
as Mr. Semple (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Austin
as George Rankin (uncredited)
John W. Austin
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Louise Bates
as (uncredited)
Bobbie Beal
as Chorine (uncredited)
Georgie Billings
as Little Boy (uncredited)
John Binns
as Old Lawyer (uncredited)
Wyrley Birch
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn
as Assistant Secretary (uncredited)
Katherine Block
as Nurse (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
as Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
as (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Anderson (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
as Farmer (uncredited)
Hal Budlong
as Elevator Man (uncredited)
Vera Burnett
as (uncredited)
Fred Cady
as Farmer (uncredited)
Mary Jane Carey
as (uncredited)
James Carlisle
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
as Court Policeman (uncredited)
James Conaty
as Auditor (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
as Secretary (uncredited)
Boyd Davis
as Young Lawyer (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rita Donlin
as (uncredited)
Walter Downing
as Farmer (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
as Farmer (uncredited)
Adabelle Driver
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Everton
as Farmer (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn
as (uncredited)
Peter Duray
as (uncredited)
Janet Eastman
as Shop Girl (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
as Dr. Emerson (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Writer (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Robert Ellsworth
as Policeman (uncredited)
Juanita Fletcher
as (uncredited)
Octavio Giraud
as Farmer (uncredited)
Jack Hatfield
as Reporter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Policeman (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
as Charlie (uncredited)
Frank Hammond
as Information Booth Man (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Beth Hartman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
as Reporter (uncredited)
Althea Henley
as (uncredited)
Al Herman
as Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Holden
as Courtroom Guard (uncredited)
Charles Herzinger
as (uncredited)
Lew Hicks
as Chuck Collins (uncredited)
Fay Holderness
as Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Holliday
as Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)
Gladden James
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
as Brookfield (uncredited)
William Irving
as Writer (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Frederick Lee
as (uncredited)
Stella LeSaint
as Party Guest (uncredited)
James B. Leong
as Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Reporter (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
as (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
as (uncredited)
Margarete Matzenauer
as Madame Pomponi (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
as Amy Faulkner (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
as Farmer (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Patricia Monroe
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
as Waiter (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
as Board Member (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
as Farmer (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as Party Guest (uncredited)
John T. Murray
as Writer (uncredited)
Henry Norton
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
as (uncredited)
Peggy Page
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Ethel Palmer
as Governess (uncredited)
George Pauncefort
as Board Member (uncredited)
Gertrude Pedlar
as Party Guest (uncredited)
John Picorri
as Board Member (uncredited)
Richard Powell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin
as Reporter (uncredited)
Ky Robinson
as Deputy (uncredited)
Frederick Roland
as Board Member (uncredited)
Adrian Rosley
as Italian Interpreter (uncredited)
Lillian Ross
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Anne Schaefer
as (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
as Jane Faulkner (uncredited)
Harvey Shepherd
as Interne (uncredited)
Antrim Short
as Reporter (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
as Bailiff (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
as Farmer (uncredited)
Kay Smith
as (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
as (uncredited)
Harry Stafford
as Board Member (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
as Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Beatle Puss (uncredited)
Peggy Terry
as (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Wade
as (uncredited)
Pauline Wagner
as Phone Operator (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Clerk (uncredited)
Lee Willard
as Businessman (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren
as Party Guest (uncredited)