Director: Frank Capra

Writer: Robert Riskin

From short story: Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland

Keywords: Comedy, Inheritance

After a rich uncle dies, Longfellow Deeds, a simple man from Mandrake Falls, Vermont is the unexpected sole inheritor of a $20M estate in depression-era dollars. He travels to New York City where vultures peck at the inheritance, and he falls in love with a journalist who has inveigled her way into his life under false pretenses. Won Frank Capra the Best Director Oscar, also received nominations for four other Oscars including Best Actor, Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean Arthur	Actor	17-Oct-1900	19-Jun-1991	Only Angels Have Wings
George Bancroft	Actor	30-Sep-1882	2-Oct-1956	Thunderbolt
Walter Catlett	Actor	4-Feb-1889	14-Nov-1960	Bringing Up Baby
Gary Cooper	Actor	7-May-1901	14-May-1961	High Noon
Ruth Donnelly	Actor	17-May-1896	17-Nov-1982	A Slight Case of Murder
Douglass Dumbrille	Actor	13-Oct-1889	2-Apr-1974	The Three Musketeers
Lionel Stander	Actor	11-Jan-1908	30-Nov-1994	Chauffer Max on Hart to Hart
Raymond Walburn	Actor	9-Sep-1887	26-Jul-1969	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
H. B. Warner	Actor	26-Oct-1875	21-Dec-1958	The King of Kings

CAST

Gary Cooper	...   Longfellow Deeds (inherited a fortune)
with
Jean Arthur	...   Babe Bennett (newspaper reporter)
and
George Bancroft	...   MacWade
Lionel Stander	...   Cornelius Cobb
Douglass Dumbrille	...   John Cedar (lawyer)
Raymond Walburn	...   Walter
H. B. Warner	...   Judge May
Ruth Donnelly	...   Mabel Dawson
Walter Catlett	...   Morrow
John Wray	...   Farmer

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