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Mr Deeds Goes to Town

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

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Columbia Pictures

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 7 nominations total

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Longfellow Deeds

Babe Bennett

MacWade

George Bancroft

Cornelius Cobb

John Cedar

Douglass Dumbrille

Walter

Raymond Walburn

Judge May

Mabel Dawson

Morrow

Farmer

James Cedar

Stanley Andrews

George Rankin

Party Guest

Frank

Minor Role

Chorine

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom

Cabby

Little Boy

Georgie Billings

Old Lawyer

Psychiatrist

Assistant Secretary

Nurse

Katherine Block

Reporter

Party Guest

William A. Boardway

Minor Role

Minor Role

Barbara Boudwin

Anderson

Harry C. Bradley

Farmer

Charles Brinley

Elevator Man

Minor Role

Farmer

Minor Role

Mary Jane Carey

Nightclub Patron

Mal

Spencer Charters

Policeman

Reporter

Party Guest

Court Policeman

Jack Rube Clifford

Auditor

Reporter

Bob

Party Guest

Minor Role

Cecil Cunningham

Party Guest

Thomas A. Curran

Secretary

Beatrice Curtis

Young Lawyer

Party Guest

Shop Girl

Minor Role

Girl on Bus

Farmer

Farmer

Courtroom Spectator

Adabelle Driver

Party Guest

Florence Dudley

Minor Role

Mrs. Meredith

Minor Role

Shop Girl

Writer

Dr. Emerson

Oliver Eckhardt

Policeman

Robert Ellsworth

Theresa

Farmer

Nightclub Patron

Adolph Faylauer

Minor Role

Juanita Fletcher

Party Guest

Unemployed Farmer

Charles K. French

Bodyguard

Patient

Farmer

Party Guest

Carlton Griffin

Charlie

Policeman

Information Booth Man

Courtroom Spectator

Party Guest

Reporter

Farmer's Spokesman

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Minor Role

Reporter

Minor Role

Charles Herzinger

Chuck Collins

Courtroom Guard

Nurse

Mr. Dodsworth

Budington

Party Guest

Arthur Stuart Hull

1st Deputy

Bodyguard

Writer

Court Clerk

Brookfield

Board Member

Townswoman

Reporter

Hallor

Townswoman

Lillian Lawrence

Minor Role

Chinese Chauffeur

Dr. Fosdick

Headwaiter

Alphonse Martell

Madame Pomponi

Margarete Matzenauer

Douglas

Reporter

Ralph McCullough

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom

Nightclub Patron

Amy Faulkner

Margaret McWade

Henneberry

Mrs. Semple

Farmer

Nightclub Patron

Interne

Young Lawyer

Hat Check Girl

Patricia Monroe

Farmer

Jack Montgomery

Reporter

Board Member

Waiter

Party Guest

Edmund Mortimer

Reporter

Writer

Waiter

Nightclub Patron

Train Conductor

Party Guest

Vessey O'Davoren

Undetermined Secondary Role

Broderick O'Farrell

Courtroom Reporter

Unemployed Farmer in Courtroom

Cigarette Girl

Governess

The Tailor

Franklin Pangborn

Butler

Board Member

George Pauncefort

Party Guest

Party Guest

Gertrude Pedlar

Cameraman

William 'Bill' Phillips

Board Member

Italian Opera Board Member

Reporter

Policeman

Reporter

Party Guest

Deputy

Board Member

Frederick Roland

Italian Interpreter

Hat Check Girl

Farmer

Christian Jenson

Townswoman

Jane Faulkner

Margaret Seddon

Interne

Harvey Shepherd

Reporter

Bailiff

Farmer

Minor Role

Minor Role

Board Member

Party Guest

Nightclub Patron

Unemployed Farmer

Henry Stockbridge

Policeman

Beatle Puss - Cab Driver

Charles Sullivan

Minor Role

Mr. Semple

Reporter

Lawyer

Dale Van Sickel

Party Guest

Ellinor Vanderveer

Dr. Emile Von Hallor

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Minor Role

Telephone Operator

Arthur Cedar

Interne

Clerk

Businessman

County Hospital Guard

Charles C. Wilson

Courtroom Reporter

Party Guest

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Longfellow Deeds Judge May Mabel Dawson Jane Faulkner Amy Faulkner John Cedar Babe Bennett Cornelius Cobb Morrow Walter Macwade Reporter Farmer Anderson Butler Italian Opera Board Member County Hospital Guard Madame Pomponi

Look What - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I wouldn't worry if I were you - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I wouldn't worry if I were you

A corn fed bohunk like that falling into the Semple fortune is hot copy - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

A corn fed bohunk like that falling into the Semple fortune...

He's been here three days and what have you numbskulls brought in - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

He's been here three days and what have you numbskulls...

The gentlemen from the opera are still waiting in the board room sir - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

The gentlemen from the opera are still waiting in the board...

I don't care how important you are - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I don't care how important you are

Gee I'm busy Do the opera people always come here for their meetings - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Gee I'm busy Do the opera people always come here for...

Wouldn't he like to know? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Wouldn't he like to know?

How are you doing, Caroline? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

How are you doing, Caroline?

Pure accident. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

But you charge I mean you sell tickets - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

But you charge I mean you sell tickets

Well then we must give the wrong kind of shows - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Well then we must give the wrong kind of shows

Scotch? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

When the servant comes in Mr Hallor I'll ask him to show you to the door - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

When the servant comes in Mr Hallor I'll ask him to...

I can't hold out any longer - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I can't hold out any longer

Even his hands are oily - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Even his hands are oily

Well how about tonight What would you like in the way of entertainment - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Well how about tonight What would you like in the way of...

He talks about women as if they were cattle - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

He talks about women as if they were cattle

Want to stop in for a snack, Rebecca? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Want to stop in for a snack, Rebecca?

He looks like a stranger to me. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

He looks like a stranger to me.

That dame is nuts Right - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

That dame is nuts Right

About time we were discussing
this year's charity bazaar, Rebecca. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

About time we were discussing this year's charity bazaa...

Come here, Jake. Come on. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Come here, Jake. Come on.

- There, he just put his light out.
- I wish he'd put his whistle out. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

- There, he just put his light out. - I wish he'd put h...

He'd better stop that infernal tooting. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

He'd better stop that infernal tooting.

It's easy to make fun of somebody if you don't care how much you hurt 'em - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

It's easy to make fun of somebody if you don't...

I guess I found out that all famous people aren't big people - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I guess I found out that all famous people aren't big...

Oh what a magnificent deflation of smugness - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Oh what a magnificent deflation of smugness

Listen you hop aboard my magic carpet Thanks - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Listen you hop aboard my magic carpet Thanks

Pal how would you like to go on a real old fashioned binge - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Pal how would you like to go on a real old fashioned binge

'I play the tuba to help me think ' - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

'I play the tuba to help me think '

At 2 00 a m Mr Deeds tied up traffic - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

At 2 00 a m Mr Deeds tied up traffic

If you'll permit me to say so sir you were out on quite a bender last night - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

If you'll permit me to say so sir you were out on quite...

You have no pants sir - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

You have no pants sir

Looking for - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Come on You don't want to lay down now - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Come on You don't want to lay down now

Got any news I mean has anything exciting been happening lately - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Got any news I mean has anything exciting been happening...

You didn't catch anything. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

You didn't catch anything.

Well feast your eyes Grant's tomb - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Well feast your eyes Grant's tomb

I say to most people it's a washout - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I say to most people it's a washout

What puzzles me is why people seem to get so much pleasure - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

What puzzles me is why people seem to get so much pleasure

People here are funny - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

People here are funny

Last night after I left you I was walking along - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Last night after I left you I was walking along

I'd rather have Mandrake Falls - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I'd rather have Mandrake Falls

I used to have a lot of fun there I loved going fishing with my father - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

I used to have a lot of fun there I loved going fishing with...

There's where the old folks stay - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

There's where the old folks stay

What? What? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

MabeI that guy's either the dumbest most imbecilic idiot in the world - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

MabeI that guy's either the dumbest most imbecilic...

The guy's balmy - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

The guy's balmy

Get out The evil finger's on you - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Get out The evil finger's on you

Did you hear that What sir - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Did you hear that What sir

Is Mary Dawson here I'm Longfellow Deeds - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Is Mary Dawson here I'm Longfellow Deeds

You know the poem I told you about It's finished - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

You know the poem I told you about It's finished

- Pardon me.
- Pardon me. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

- Pardon me. - Pardon me.

She's the dame who slapped that moniker on you Cinderella Man - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

She's the dame who slapped that moniker on you...

Very starchy party. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Very starchy party.

No no we're not buying any bulls What's that - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

No no we're not buying any bulls What's that

Couldn't you smile just once
for the sake of appearance? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Couldn't you smile just once for the sake of appearance...

Oh, you dance divinely, Governor. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Oh, you dance divinely, Governor.

Farmer Yes ma'am - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Farmer Yes ma'am

Pardon me, Governor.
Do you mind, Governor? Smile. Thank you. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Pardon me, Governor. Do you mind, Governor? Smile. Thank you...

Just because I want to give this money to people who need it - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Just because I want to give this money to people who need it

Please I've got to see him Listen sister - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Please I've got to see him Listen sister

Listen pal I know just how you feel - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Listen pal I know just how you feel

You're wasting your time He doesn't want any lawyers - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

You're wasting your time He doesn't want any...

Have you seen the baby? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Have you seen the baby?

How are you, Harry? Hello, Eddie.
Great day. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

How are you, Harry? Hello, Eddie. Great day.

Jed, Jed Waterbury,
who brought this band here? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Jed, Jed Waterbury, who brought this band here?

Here she comes, lads, here she comes.
On your toes. On your toes. Now watch me. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Here she comes, lads, here she comes. On your toes. On your ...

In these times with the country incapacitated by economic ailments - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

In these times with the country incapacitated by economic...

Welcome home, Theodora. Welcome home. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Welcome home, Theodora. Welcome home.

Suffering cats. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Suffering cats.

You'd think they'd never seen
a baby in their lives. - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

You'd think they'd never seen a baby in their live...

Oh, so you're bored, sissy? - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Oh, so you're bored, sissy?

Jane Faulkner This is my sister Amy Yes Amy - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Jane Faulkner This is my sister Amy Yes Amy

How long have you known him - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

How long have you known him

He threw us out bodily but bodily - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

He threw us out bodily but bodily

Your Honor what she is saying has no bearing on the case I object - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Your Honor what she is saying has no bearing on the case I...

What's that got to do with it You are in love with him aren't you - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

What's that got to do with it You are in love with him...

Did you ever see a scratch pad in a telephone booth - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Did you ever see a scratch pad in a telephone booth

Do you think he's pixilated Yes - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Do you think he's pixilated Yes

You haven't yet touched upon the most important point - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

You haven't yet touched upon the most important point

From what I can see no matter what system of government we have - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

From what I can see no matter what system of government we...

It's like I'm out in a big boat and I see one fellow in a rowboat - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

It's like I'm out in a big boat and I see one...

Now my plan was very simple - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Now my plan was very simple

Mr Deeds there has been a great deal of damaging testimony against you - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

Mr Deeds there has been a great deal of damaging testimony...

Mr Deeds Goes to Town poster

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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.

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Director: Frank Capra

Writer: Robert Riskin, Clarence Budington Kelland

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 1936

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 12 Apr 1936

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 7 nominations total

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