UNITED STATES · 1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Classical Hollywood
small town values vs big city corruption
sudden wealth and fortune
romance across social divides
innocence tested by greed
class conflict
Synopsis
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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