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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:8

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.9/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: After buttoned-up English manservant Marmaduke Ruggles (Charles Laughton) is lost by his aristocratic employer in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron, Ruggles's life is turned upside... After buttoned-up English manservant Marmaduke Ruggles (Charles Laughton) is lost by his aristocratic employer in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron, Ruggles's life is turned upside down as he's taken to Washington State to help his new master better his manners and raise his social standing. But the frontier can change a man dramatically, and Ruggles finds himself in adventures he never imagined--and never dreamed he'd enjoy so well. The supporting cast of Mary Boland and Charlie Ruggles as the new American employers and ZaSu Pitts playing an attractive widow is generous with the laughs, while director Leo McCarey's brilliant comic touch and Charles Laughton's turn as an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans create a sidesplitting masterpiece. [More]

Starring: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, ZaSu Pitts

Starring: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, Maude Eburne, Lucien Littlefield

Director: Leo McCarey

Director: Leo McCarey
Producer: Arthur Hornblow
Screenwriter: Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson, Humphrey Pearson
Composer: Ralph Rainger, Sam Coslow

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The film's main asset is the strong comical performance of Charles Laughton as the straitlaced and very proper English butler Marmaduke Ruggles.

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04/28/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Charles Laughton gives a splendid performance as a servant who quickly adopts the American Way of Life in Leo McCarey's savvy political comedy of 1935, a banner year for the Brit thespian in which he was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty.

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07/12/08
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Sheer perfection from Leo McCarey and a dream cast.

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04/21/03
Ken Hanke
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Laughton in one of his finest roles.

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08/15/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

What I can't understand is why this film ... isn't beloved as one of the all-time great comedies.

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02/28/02
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