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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 American comedy-drama romance film 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 Frank Capra.
- $845,710 or $500,000
- April 12, 1936
- Frank Capra
- Howard Jackson, (musical director)
A classic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper as a naive country boy who inherits a fortune and faces many challenges in New York City. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning movie.
- Frank Capra
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A 1936 comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. It follows a simple Vermont man who inherits a fortune and faces media and legal challenges in New York City.
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- Gary Cooper
- Frank Capra
- Comedy
A comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper as a small-town poet who inherits a fortune and faces the corruption of city life. The film is based on the story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland and has a cast of characters including Jean Arthur, Babe Bennett, and George Bancroft.
- Frank Capra, C. C. Coleman
- Gary Cooper
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A simple greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont inherits a fortune and moves to New York City, where he faces various challenges and enemies. He meets a reporter who poses as his girlfriend to help him, but their romance faces a threat from his own conscience. Read different plot summaries and trivia from IMDb users and experts.
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