Ruggles of Red Gap
(1935)
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.
Director
Leo McCarey
Writers
Harry Leon Wilson, Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson
Top Billed
Charles Laughton
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10June 19, 2022
Charles Laughton is superb as a butler who is lost in a poker game by his English aristocrat employer and so has to relocate to "Red Gap" to work for a couple nouveau riche Americans at the start of the 1900s. Initially a fish out of water in his new home with his brash, socially aspiring, but unsophisticated new American employers he quickly turns this all to his advantage and what ensues is a delightful, subtle piece of comedy. I'm still search… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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