Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Raymond Walburn

A poet inherits 20 million dollars from his uncle and is promptly declared insane by all those who want a piece of the pie.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Frank Capra

Released: January 1, 1936

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DVD Released: February 15, 2000

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  • April 4, 2008
    So much better then I was expecting!

    A really funny, touching and surprising film that just makes you smile! One of Capra's best.

    Does anyone think Daniel Craig stole his DNA from Gary Cooper?
  • January 9, 2008
    I've gotta say one stupid thing first--how on earth did one man end up making two films with titles that are formatted as "Mr. [So-and-so] Goes to [Such-and-Such]"? It's not a simple issue of two nouns joined by a conjunction, or a subject and an intransitive verb, or something e... ...( read more )
  • November 20, 2008
    A good Capra classic.
  • May 12, 2009
    This one is a great movie. Deed's a likeable character who stands for what we should all stand for.
    The laughs at the end of the movie kind of throw me away and the pacing of the movie isn't all that great but still, the characters are always top-notch.
  • November 12, 2008
    I'm not too sure if I would call this movie a comedy, but it is quite a chamring movie to watch and I did enjoy it quite a bit. This is the first movie that I have ever seen with Gary Cooper and I thought that he was a pretty good actor. A pretty decent story and not played too... ...( read more )

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