Mr. Deeds geht in die Stadt
(1947)
Regisseur:
Frank CapraSchauspieler:
George Bancroft, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, H.B. Warner, John Wray, Ruth Donnelly, Raymond Walburn, Walter CatlettLongfellow Deeds, ein junger ehrlicher Mann aus der Kleinstadt Mandrake Falls, erbt plötzlich 20 Millionen Dollar. Widerwillig fährt er nach New York City, um sein Erbe anzutreten. Er landet in den Fängen einer Opernclique. Der Junge vom Land, kauziger Poet von Kalendersprüchen und Tubabläser, haut die großstädtischen Schlitzohren, die ihn ums Erbe bringen wollen, übers Ohr, verteilt das Geld unter die Armen und kehrt mit der zickigen Journalistin, die der Story wegen hinter ihm her war und sich wandelt, nach Mandrake Falls zurück.
Nach der Screwball Comedy "Es geschah in einer Nacht" (1934) der zweite große Publikumserfolg von Regisseur Frank Capra.
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the tuba in the town band. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow picks up his tuba and moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone from the greedy opera committee to the sensationist daily newspaper. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. Babe is a hot-shot reporter who figures the best way to get close to Deeds is to pose as a damsel in distress. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the tuba in the town band. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow picks up his tuba and moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone from the greedy opera committee to the sensationist daily newspaper. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. Babe is a hot-shot reporter who figures the best way to get close to Deeds is to pose as a damsel in distress. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.