Ruggles of Red Gap

3/8/19351h 30m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 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.

Director:

Leo McCarey

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

saloon
widow
restaurant
millionaire

Cast

Charles Laughton

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Marmaduke Ruggles

Mary Boland

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Effie Floud

Charles Ruggles

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Egbert Floud

Zasu Pitts

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Mrs. Judson

Roland Young

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Earl of Burnstead

Leila Hyams

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Nell Kenner

Maude Eburne

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'Ma' Pettingill

Lucien Littlefield

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Charles Belknap-Jackson

Leota Lorraine

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Mrs. Belknap-Jackson

James Burke

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Jeff Tuttle

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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.