Ruggles of Red Gap
dir. Leo McCarey
80
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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.
Directed byLeo McCarey
StarringCharles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams
Written byWalter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson
CinematographyAlfred Gilks
EditingEdward Dmytryk
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · NR · 1h 30m
Comedy
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.
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