“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” quotes
(1936)
Frank Capra
directed this movie
in 1936
Title Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year 1936
Director Frank Capra
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Year 1936
Director Frank Capra
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Plot – Deeds, a poet from the countryside, inherits 20 million dollar. Once in New York, he defends himself from the greedy people who aim to his patrimony. However, he is victim of a journalist’s temptations, who pretends to be a poor girl. Deeds falls in love with her, but when he realizes that the girl has used him, he decides to give the patrimony to needy people and goes back to his village. Here, other people try to take possession of the money and the poet is slowly approaches to self-ruining. However, the regretful journalist is truly in love with him, so he finally decides to talk in front of a court. He wins the suit and the journalist’s heart.
All actors – Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, H.B. Warner, Ruth Donnelly, Walter Catlett, John Wray, Stanley Andrews, Frank Austin
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“If that man's crazy, Your Honor, the rest of us belong in straightjackets.”
“No matter what system of government we have, there will always be leaders and always be followers.”
“There has been a great deal of damaging testimony against you. Your behavior, to say the least, has been most strange. But in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane, but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom!”
“That guy is either the dumbest, stupidest, most imbecilic idiot in the world, or else he's the grandest thing alive. I can't make him out.”
“What puzzles me is why people seem to get so much pleasure out of hurting each other. Why don't they try liking each other once in a while?”
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