About this release
When a car crash ends the life of a fabulously wealthy patron of the arts, the decedent's $20,000,000 fortune is inherited by one Longfellow Deeds. When Deeds is convinced to move to New York, hard-boiled newspaper reporter Babe Bennett is dispatched to get the inside scoop on "The Cinderella Man."
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Disc 1
DVD
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
115 min
ComedyDramaRomance
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.
Credits
Director
Frank Capra
Writer
Robert Riskin
Cast
Gary Cooperas Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthuras Babe Bennett
George Bancroftas MacWade
Lionel Standeras Cornelius Cobb
Douglass Dumbrilleas John Cedar
Raymond Walburnas Walter
H.B. Warneras Judge May
Ruth Donnellyas Mabel Dawson
Walter Catlettas Morrow
John Wrayas Farmer
Cinematographer
Joseph Walker
Composer
Howard Jackson
Editor
Gene Havlick
Producer
Frank Capra
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 15, 2026