Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Genre: Comedy

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the tuba in the town band. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow picks up his tuba and moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone from the greedy opera committee to the sensationist daily newspaper. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. Babe is a hot-shot reporter who figures the best way to get close to Deeds is to pose as a damsel in distress. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 7 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director

Frank Capra

Cast

Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft

Released

12 April 1936

Runtime

1h 55m

Certificate

Approved

IMDb rating

7.8 / 10

Votes

23,599

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Edition

Base