Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Comedy Drama Romance Directed by Frank Capra
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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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Films inspired by Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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  1. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
    "The Coen brothers have publicly named Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as one of the foundational references for The Hudsucker Proxy — the 'regular Joe elevated to high office by cynical operators' premise is Mr. Deeds in a Capraesque corporate fable." source

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), directed by Frank Capra, has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as The Hudsucker Proxy. Check out the citations below.