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SH-H-H-H! TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO HOWL! And howl you will at this funniest of all comedies...
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.
CinemaSerf
Jun 19, 2022 · via TMDB
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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Charles Laughton
Marmaduke Ruggles
Mary Boland
Effie Floud
Charles Ruggles
Egbert Floud
Zasu Pitts
Mrs. Judson
Roland Young
Earl of Burnstead
Leila Hyams
Nell Kenner
Maude Eburne
'Ma' Pettingill
Lucien Littlefield
Charles Belknap-Jackson
Leota Lorraine
Mrs. Belknap-Jackson
James Burke
Jeff Tuttle
Dell Henderson
Sam
Clarence Wilson
Jake Henshaw
Augusta Anderson
Mrs. Wallaby
Brenda Fowler
Judy Ballard
Willie Fung
Willie - Chinese Servant
Victor Potel
Curly - Cowboy
Robert Milasch
Driver
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Myron Carey
Libby Taylor
Libby - Servant (uncredited)
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Leo McCarey
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Editor
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Harlan Thompson
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Ratatouille
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David Harum
Pretty Woman
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Flickering Lights
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Lottery
Pay Day
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Antonia's Line
Moonstruck
Thelma
Ladies of the Jury
Frankie and Johnny
Table 7
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Mostly Martha
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Small Time Crooks
Everyone Says I Love You
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