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  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  • Not Rated
    115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Not Rated
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
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Director
Writers
Robert Riskin (screen play) | Clarence Budington Kelland (story)
Cinematographer
Joseph Walker (photography)
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Release date
Apr 12, 1936 (United States)

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Gary Cooper
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Jean Arthur
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George Bancroft
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Lionel Stander
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Douglass Dumbrille
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H.B. Warner
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Ruth Donnelly
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John Wray
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Stanley Andrews
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Frank Austin
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John W. Austin
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Irving Bacon
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Louise Bates
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Bobbie Beal
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Hank Bell
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Georgie Billings
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John Binns
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Katherine Block
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Sammy Blum
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William A. Boardway
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Joe Bordeaux
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Barbara Boudwin
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Harry C. Bradley
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Hal Budlong
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Vera Burnett
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Fred Cady
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Charles Conrad
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Walter Downing
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Tex Driscoll
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Jay Eaton
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Robert Ellsworth
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Muriel Evans
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Jack Hatfield
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George 'Gabby' Hayes
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Al Herman
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Charles Herzinger
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Lew Hicks
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Russell Hicks
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Harry Holden
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Arthur Hoyt
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Arthur Stuart Hull
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William Irving
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Jack Minton
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Patricia Monroe
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Jack Montgomery
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Bert Moorhouse
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Edwin Mordant
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Gene Morgan
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Ed Mortimer
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Edmund Mortimer
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John T. Murray
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Field Norton
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John Roy
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Christian Rub
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Antrim Short
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Henry Stockbridge
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Ced Talbot
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