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.
Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Clarence Budington Kelland (story) Robert Riskin (screenplay)
Starring
Gary Cooper (Longfellow Deeds / Cinderella Man); Jean Arthur (Louise 'Babe' Bennett / Mary Dawson); George Bancroft (MacWade aka Mac); Lionel Stander (Cornelius Cobb); Douglass Dumbrille (John Cedar); Raymond Walburn (Walter); H.B. Warner (Judge May); Ruth Donnelly (Mabel Dawson); Walter Catlett (Morrow); John Wray (Farmer). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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