Overview
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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DirectorFrank Capra
WriterRobert Riskin
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 (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
(uncredited)
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
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Keywords
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026