Ruggles of Red Gap

Mar 8, 1935

1h 30m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Marmaduke Ruggles

Charles Laughton

Effie Floud

Mary Boland

Egbert Floud

Charles Ruggles

Mrs. Judson

Zasu Pitts

Earl of Burnstead

Roland Young

Nell Kenner

Leila Hyams

'Ma' Pettingill

Maude Eburne

Charles Belknap-Jackson

Lucien Littlefield

Mrs. Belknap-Jackson

Leota Lorraine

Jeff Tuttle

James Burke

Sam

Dell Henderson

Jake Henshaw

Clarence Wilson

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