Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Douglass Dumbrille, Lionel Stander, George Bancroft, H.B. Warner, Raymond Walburn, Ruth Donnelly. Screenplay: Robert Riskin (based on a story by Clarence Budington Kelland).

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Frank Capra
Best Actor: Gary Cooper
Best Screenplay: Robert Riskin
Best Sound: John P. Livadary

Other Awards:
Venice Film Festival: Special Recommendation (Capra)
New York Film Critics Circle: Best Picture
National Board of Review: Best Picture

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