Movie Cosmos - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

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)

Top Crew >

Frank Capra

Director

Reviews:

barrymost (7/10)

An unassuming poet from a small town called Mandrake Falls who suddenly inherits twenty million dollars is certainly fair game for every swindler, crooked businessman, and reporter in New York. Especially one very clever and witty newswoman named Babe Bennett, played by the great Jean Arthur. I must admit, I'm still rather indifferent towards Gary Cooper, but his performance in this wasn't bad, and I'm sure would please his fans. But Jean Arthur is consistently wonderful in every movie I've seen her in. The script is full of witty, intelligent dialogue, as well as the usual trademark Capra themes. The courtroom scenes in the last half of the movie are the best part. Far from my favorite Frank Capra film, but still enjoyable.

Would I recommend? Yes, for the most part. Just didn't fully "click" with me personally, though.

2019-10-16

CinemaSerf (7/10)

When a financier dies leaving the enormous sum of $20 millions, the race to find an heir takes us to a tiny hamlet where we meet the pixilated poet “Longfellow Deeds” (Gary Cooper). He’s an honest, slightly flighty, man who hasn’t the foggiest idea what to do with his new fortune except, perhaps, serenade it with his tuba! His rise to fame hasn’t gone unnoticed in the press, and one newspaper decides to send a reporter to ingratiate herself with him, and to write reports ridiculing him and naming him the “Cinderella Man”. She (Jean Arthur) gradually starts to realise that her naive and impressionable mark actually has an heart of gold, but when his grandest scheme of all to spend his money attracts the lawyers who try to certify him, can she do anything to help him fight back? Cooper is great here, and together with Arthur delivers a punchy comedy that shines a light on greed, power and their best counter-measure - decency. There’s a great ensemble cast supporting too, especially his sagely butler (Raymond Walburn) and Walter Catlett’s lively “Morrow”, but it’s really just down to Cooper showing us he has comedy timing, too.

2025-08-07