Comedy Drama Romance
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.
Directed by
Frank Capra
Gary Cooper
Longfellow Deeds
Bess Flowers
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
Walter
Charles Lane
Hallor (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Frank (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Reporter (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
John Wray
Farmer
James Millican
Interne (uncredited)
Walter Catlett
Morrow
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
Lionel Stander
Cornelius Cobb
Billy Bevan
Cabby (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Budington (uncredited)
George Meeker
Henneberry (uncredited)
Christian Rub
Christian Jenson (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
James Cedar (uncredited)
Paul Hurst
1st Deputy (uncredited)
Mayo Methot
Mrs. Semple (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)
Ruth Donnelly
Mabel Dawson
Edward Keane
Board Member (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Brookfield (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
John Cedar
Frank Austin
George Rankin (uncredited)
Jean Arthur
Babe Bennett
Louis Natheaux
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Reporter (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)
Steve Clark
Reporter (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Bailiff (uncredited)
Anne Schaefer
Minor Role (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
The Tailor (uncredited)
Gladden James
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
Waiter (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Lawyer (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin
Reporter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Strolling Violinist (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)
Hal Price
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Everton
Farmer (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Minor Role (uncredited)
H.B. Warner
Judge May
Charles Sullivan
Beatle Puss (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
County Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Muriel Evans
Theresa (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Douglas (uncredited)
William Irving
Writer (uncredited)
Fay Holderness
Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn
Assistant Secretary (uncredited)
Wyrley Birch
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Policeman (uncredited)
George Bancroft
MacWade
Jameson Thomas
Mr. Semple (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Farmer (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
Dr. Emerson (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Mal (uncredited)
Charles Herzinger
Minor Role (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Jane Faulkner (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Cooper
Bob (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Writer (uncredited)
Barnett Parker
Butler (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Clerk (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Lee Willard
Businessman (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Minor Role (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Farmer (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
Minor Role (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Farmer (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
Party Guest (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
Amy Faulkner (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Reporter (uncredited)
Antrim Short
Reporter (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Picorri
Board Member (uncredited)
William Phillips
Cameraman (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
Farmer (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Party Guest (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Anderson (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
Board Member (uncredited)
Charles K. French
Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
Louise Bates
Minor Role (uncredited)
Stella LeSaint
Party Guest (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Writer (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Court Policeman (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
Minor Role (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)
Charles Conrad
Reporter (uncredited)
Frederick Roland
Board Member (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
Farmer (uncredited)
Mary Lou Dix
Shop Girl (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Reporter (uncredited)
John W. Austin
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bobbie Beal
Chorine (uncredited)
Georgie Billings
Little Boy (uncredited)
John Binns
Old Lawyer (uncredited)
Katherine Block
Nurse (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
Minor Role (uncredited)
Hal Budlong
Elevator Man (uncredited)
Vera Burnett
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fred Cady
Farmer (uncredited)
Mary Jane Carey
Minor Role (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
James Conaty
Auditor (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
Party Guest (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran
Party Guest (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
Secretary (uncredited)
Boyd Davis
Young Lawyer (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rita Donlin
Minor Role (uncredited)
Walter Downing
Farmer (uncredited)
Adabelle Driver
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Peter Duray
Minor Role (uncredited)
Janet Eastman
Shop Girl (uncredited)
Robert Ellsworth
Policeman (uncredited)
Juanita Fletcher
Minor Role (uncredited)
Octavio Giraud
Farmer (uncredited)
Jack Hatfield
Reporter (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Charlie (uncredited)
Frank Hammond
Information Booth Man (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Beth Hartman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
Reporter (uncredited)
Althea Henley
Minor Role (uncredited)
Al Herman
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Holden
Courtroom Guard (uncredited)
Lew Hicks
Chuck Collins (uncredited)
Frank Holliday
Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)
Frederick Lee
Minor Role (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Minor Role (uncredited)
Margarete Matzenauer
Madame Pomponi (uncredited)
Patricia Monroe
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest (uncredited)
Henry Norton
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Peggy Page
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Ethel Palmer
Governess (uncredited)
George Pauncefort
Board Member (uncredited)
Gertrude Pedlar
Party Guest (uncredited)
Richard Powell
Reporter (uncredited)
Ky Robinson
Deputy (uncredited)
Adrian Rosley
Italian Interpreter (uncredited)
Lillian Ross
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Harvey Shepherd
Interne (uncredited)
Kay Smith
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Stafford
Board Member (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Policeman (uncredited)
Peggy Terry
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Minor Role (uncredited)
Pauline Wagner
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frances Morris

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