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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Rocking America with laughter!

7.5(419)19361h 55m4

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.

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Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • new york city
  • newspaper
  • small town
  • postcard
  • money
  • lawyer
  • reporter
  • black and white
  • vermont
  • heir
  • tuba
  • tuba player

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Behind the camera

Director

Frank Capra

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereMemphis, Tennessee8 Apr 1936
    • Theatrical (limited)9 Apr 1936
    • TheatricalNR12 Apr 1936
  • AustriaAT

    • TheatricalAA28 Mar 1947
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical12 Jun 1936
    • PhysicalLVHS / DVD14 Mar 2006
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical20 May 1936
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical18 Jun 1936
    • PhysicalVHS24 Feb 1993
    • PhysicalDVD28 Feb 2006
    • Digital / OTT5 Jul 2021
    • PhysicalBlu-ray16 Mar 2022
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical018 May 1936
  • HungaryHU

    • TheatricalKN22 Dec 1937
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical20 May 1936
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical10 Jun 1936
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1951
  • SwedenSE

    • TheatricalBtl31 Aug 1936

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was released on 9 April 1936.

Audience reviews

2
  • B

    barrymost

    10/16/2019

    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 p…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/7/2025

    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 report…

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