Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Directed by Frank Capra. 115 mins (1936)

Gary Cooper โ€“ Longfellow Deeds

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.

Also starring Babe Bennett,  George Bancroft, Lionel Stander and Douglass Dumbrille 

Based on Clarence Budington Kellandโ€™s short story โ€œOpera Hatโ€, a simple-hearted tuba playing greeting card poet is thrust into a world of city slickers, phonies and embezzlersโ€ฆ and the wily reporter who gains his trustโ€ฆ.

Nominated for 7 Oscars, winning one for Best Director.