Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · directed by Leo McCarey
- Rating
- 84/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), directed by Leo McCarey, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Charles Laughton
- Mary Boland
- Charles Ruggles
- Zasu Pitts
- Roland Young
- Leila Hyams
- Maude Eburne
- Lucien Littlefield
- Leota Lorraine
- James Burke
Crew
- Alfred Gilks — Director of Photography
- Edward Dmytryk — Editor
- Robert Odell — Editor
- Harlan Thompson — Screenplay
- Walter DeLeon — Screenplay
More from Leo McCarey
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) — 87/100 · hit
- Duck Soup (1933) — 82/100 · hit
- The Awful Truth (1937) — 80/100 · hit
- Going My Way (1944) — 80/100 · hit
- Love Affair (1939) — 80/100 · hit
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) — 76/100
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