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08/03/1935 Comedy 1h 30m
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SH-H-H-H! TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO HOWL! And howl you will at this funniest of all comedies...

Overview

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

  1. Leo McCarey

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Charles Laughton

    Marmaduke Ruggles

  2. Mary Boland

    Effie Floud

  3. Charles Ruggles

    Egbert Floud

  4. Zasu Pitts

    Mrs. Judson

  5. Roland Young

    Earl of Burnstead

  6. Leila Hyams

    Nell Kenner

  7. Maude Eburne

    'Ma' Pettingill

  8. Lucien Littlefield

    Charles Belknap-Jackson

  9. Leota Lorraine

    Mrs. Belknap-Jackson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19
Charles Laughton is superb as a butler who is lost in a poker game by his English aristocrat employer and so has to relocate to "Red Gap" to work for a couple nouveau riche Americans at the start of the 1900s. Initially a fish out of water in his new home with his brash, socially aspiring, but unsophisticated new American employers he quickly turns this all to his advantage and what ensues is a delightful, subtle piece of comedy. I'm still searching for a bad Laughton film, this certainly isn't it - well worth 90 minutes of your time.
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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