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Status
Released
Release
1935
Runtime
1h 30m
Available options inUS
"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.
20 Cast Members
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
Alyce Ardell
Lisette - French Maid
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)
