Mr. Deeds goes to town [videorecording (DVD)] / Columbia Pictures Corporation ; a Frank Capra production ; screen play, Robert Riskin ; story by Clarence Budington Kelland ; directed by Frank Capra.
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936. Based on a story by Clarence Budington Kelland. Special features include: a featurette: Frank Capra Jr. remembers ... "Mr. Deeds goes to town", theatrical trailers, vintage advertising, talent files. Interactive menus include: scene selection, language & subtitle selection, audio commentary track with Frank Capra Jr., special features.
Summary:
Longfellow Deeds (Cooper), a small-town poet, inherits $20 million from his uncle and wants to give it away to needy people. Petty moochers, greedy relatives, conniving lawyers and big executives, who all want a piece of the pie, attempt to have Deeds declared incompetent.
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