Summary
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.
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Cast
Gary Cooper
Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthur
Babe Bennett
George Bancroft
MacWade
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
Stanley Andrews
James Cedar (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Frank (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Cabby (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Mal (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Strolling Violinist (uncredited)
George Cooper
Bob (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
Minor Role (uncredited)
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Muriel Evans
Theresa (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles K. French
Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Bodyguard (uncredited)
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Budington (uncredited)
Paul Hurst
1st Deputy (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Board Member (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Hallor (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Douglas (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
George Meeker
Henneberry (uncredited)
Mayo Methot
Mrs. Semple (uncredited)
James Millican
Interne (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Reporter (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Waiter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
The Tailor (uncredited)
Barnett Parker
Butler (uncredited)
William Phillips
Cameraman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)
Christian Rub
Christian Jenson (uncredited)
Hal Price
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
County Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Steve Clark
Reporter (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)
Jameson Thomas
Mr. Semple (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Austin
George Rankin (uncredited)
Louise Bates
Minor Role (uncredited)
Wyrley Birch
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn
Assistant Secretary (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Anderson (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Farmer (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Court Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Conrad
Reporter (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Farmer (uncredited)
Paul Everton
Farmer (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn
Minor Role (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
Dr. Emerson (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Writer (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
Party Guest (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Herzinger
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fay Holderness
Nurse (uncredited)
Gladden James
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Brookfield (uncredited)
William Irving
Writer (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Party Guest (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Stella LeSaint
Party Guest (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Reporter (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
Amy Faulkner (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Farmer (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
Waiter (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
Board Member (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
Farmer (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Writer (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
Minor Role (uncredited)
John Picorri
Board Member (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin
Reporter (uncredited)
Frederick Roland
Board Member (uncredited)
Anne Schaefer
Minor Role (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Jane Faulkner (uncredited)
Antrim Short
Reporter (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Bailiff (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
Farmer (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Minor Role (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Beatle Puss (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Lawyer (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Party Guest (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Clerk (uncredited)
Lee Willard
Businessman (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Minor Role (uncredited)