Cast (171)

Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett

George Bancroft

MacWade

Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

Raymond Walburn

Walter

H.B. Warner

Judge May

Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

Walter Catlett

Morrow

John Wray

Farmer

Stanley Andrews

James Cedar (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Frank (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Cabby (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Mal (uncredited)

Dora Clement

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

George Cooper

Bob (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Minor Role (uncredited)

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

Mary Lou Dix

Shop Girl (uncredited)

Ann Doran

Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Muriel Evans

Theresa (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Minor Role (uncredited)

Charles K. French

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Bodyguard (uncredited)

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Budington (uncredited)

Paul Hurst

1st Deputy (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Board Member (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Hallor (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)

Warren Hymer

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

Douglas (uncredited)

Lafe McKee

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

George Meeker

Henneberry (uncredited)

Mayo Methot

Mrs. Semple (uncredited)

James Millican

Interne (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Reporter (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Waiter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Bud Osborne

Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Franklin Pangborn

The Tailor (uncredited)

Barnett Parker

Butler (uncredited)

William Phillips

Cameraman (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)

Christian Rub

Christian Jenson (uncredited)

Hal Price

Policeman (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

County Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Steve Clark

Reporter (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Arthur Cedar (uncredited)

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Dr. Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)

Jameson Thomas

Mr. Semple (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Austin

George Rankin (uncredited)

John W. Austin

Party Guest (uncredited)

Louise Bates

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bobbie Beal

Chorine (uncredited)

Georgie Billings

Little Boy (uncredited)

John Binns

Old Lawyer (uncredited)

Wyrley Birch

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Beatrice Blinn

Assistant Secretary (uncredited)

Katherine Block

Nurse (uncredited)

Sammy Blum

Reporter (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Minor Role (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Anderson (uncredited)

Charles Brinley

Farmer (uncredited)

Hal Budlong

Elevator Man (uncredited)

Vera Burnett

Minor Role (uncredited)

Fred Cady

Farmer (uncredited)

Mary Jane Carey

Minor Role (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Court Policeman (uncredited)

James Conaty

Auditor (uncredited)

Charles Conrad

Reporter (uncredited)

Georgie Cooper

Party Guest (uncredited)

Thomas A. Curran

Party Guest (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis

Secretary (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

Young Lawyer (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Party Guest (uncredited)

Rita Donlin

Minor Role (uncredited)

Walter Downing

Farmer (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Farmer (uncredited)

Adabelle Driver

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Paul Everton

Farmer (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bobby Dunn

Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Duray

Minor Role (uncredited)

Janet Eastman

Shop Girl (uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt

Dr. Emerson (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Writer (uncredited)

Carlton Griffin

Party Guest (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Robert Ellsworth

Policeman (uncredited)

Juanita Fletcher

Minor Role (uncredited)

Octavio Giraud

Farmer (uncredited)

Jack Hatfield

Reporter (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Charlie (uncredited)

Frank Hammond

Information Booth Man (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Beth Hartman

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough

Reporter (uncredited)

Althea Henley

Minor Role (uncredited)

Al Herman

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Holden

Courtroom Guard (uncredited)

Charles Herzinger

Minor Role (uncredited)

Lew Hicks

Chuck Collins (uncredited)

Fay Holderness

Nurse (uncredited)

Frank Holliday

Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)

Gladden James

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Brookfield (uncredited)

William Irving

Writer (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Party Guest (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Frederick Lee

Minor Role (uncredited)

Stella LeSaint

Party Guest (uncredited)

James B. Leong

Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Reporter (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Minor Role (uncredited)

Margarete Matzenauer

Madame Pomponi (uncredited)

Margaret McWade

Amy Faulkner (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Farmer (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Patricia Monroe

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Gene Morgan

Waiter (uncredited)

Edwin Mordant

Board Member (uncredited)

Jack Montgomery

Farmer (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest (uncredited)

John T. Murray

Writer (uncredited)

Henry Norton

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

Minor Role (uncredited)

Peggy Page

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Ethel Palmer

Governess (uncredited)

George Pauncefort

Board Member (uncredited)

Gertrude Pedlar

Party Guest (uncredited)

John Picorri

Board Member (uncredited)

Richard Powell

Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin

Reporter (uncredited)

Ky Robinson

Deputy (uncredited)

Frederick Roland

Board Member (uncredited)

Adrian Rosley

Italian Interpreter (uncredited)

Lillian Ross

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Anne Schaefer

Minor Role (uncredited)

Margaret Seddon

Jane Faulkner (uncredited)

Harvey Shepherd

Interne (uncredited)

Antrim Short

Reporter (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Bailiff (uncredited)

S.S. Simon

Farmer (uncredited)

Kay Smith

Minor Role (uncredited)

Pat Somerset

Minor Role (uncredited)

Harry Stafford

Board Member (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Policeman (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Beatle Puss (uncredited)

Peggy Terry

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Lawyer (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Wade

Minor Role (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner

Phone Operator (uncredited)

Larry Wheat

Clerk (uncredited)

Lee Willard

Businessman (uncredited)

Jack Wise

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Minor Role (uncredited)

Vesey O'Davoren

Party Guest (uncredited)

Crew (18)

Clarence Budington Kelland

Story

Howard Jackson

Original Music Composer

Frank Capra

Director

Joseph Walker

Director of Photography

Frank Capra

Producer

Robert Riskin

Screenplay

Stephen Goosson

Art Direction

Gene Havlick

Editor

Edward Bernds

Sound Engineer

John P. Livadary

Sound Director

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Louis Silvers

Music

Roy Davidson

Visual Effects

Howard Jackson

Music Director

Frances Morris

Stand In

Slim Talbot

Stand In

Samuel Lange

Costume Design

Irving Lippman

Still Photographer