Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1935-03-08
Genre:Comedy
Duration:90 min
Director:Leo McCarey
Actors:Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young
Production:Paramount Pictures

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.

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