

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Rocking America with laughter!
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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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- B7/10
barrymost
10/16/2019
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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/7/2025
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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