Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Directed by

Frank Capra

Genre

comedy drama, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 407 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-town man inherits a fortune and moves to New York. A newspaper reporter pretends to fall for him to get a story.

whimsicalfeel-goodheartfeltwarmcharminglightheartedearnestoptimistic

What happens

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. Based on the 1935 short story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland, which appeared in serial form in The American Magazine, the screenplay was written by Robert Riskin in his fifth collaboration with Capra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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