Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936

Director: Frank Capra
Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 115 minutes

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is Frank Capra's classic screwball comedy about a village innocent who inherits $20 million, only to discover it's more trouble than it's worth. The screwball in question is Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a small-town greeti… more »



Longfellow Deeds:
Hand me my pants. I wrote her phone number on a piece of paper.

Walter:
You have no pants, sir. You came home last night without them.

Longfellow Deeds:
I did what?

Walter:
As a matter of fact, you came home without any clothes at all. You were in your shorts. Yes, sir.

Longfellow Deeds:
Don't be silly, Walter. I couldn't walk around on the streets without any clothes. I'd be arrested.

Walter:
That's what the two policemen said, sir.

Longfellow Deeds:
What two policemen?

Walter:
The ones who brought you home, sir. They said you and another gentleman kept walking up and down the street shouting "back to nature! Clothes are a blight on civilization! Back to nature!"

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