Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

★ 7.0 1h 30m IMDb

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

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Cast

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton as Marmaduke Ruggles Died 1962 · Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English-American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art...
Mary Boland
Mary Boland as Effie Floud Died 1965 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mary Boland (January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Boland, licensed under...
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles as Egbert Floud Died 1970 · Los Angeles, California, USA Charles Ruggles had one of the longest careers in Hollywood, lasting more than 60 years and encompassing more than 100 films. He made his film debut in 1914 in The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and work...
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts as Mrs. Judson Died 1963 · Parsons, Kansas, USA Zasu Pitts was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She may be best known for her perfo...
Roland Young
Roland Young as Earl of Burnstead Died 1953 · London, England, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English actor. Young made his first stage appearance in London's West End in Find the Woman in 1908, and in...
Leila Hyams
Leila Hyams as Nell Kenner Died 1977 · New York City, New York, USA Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American model, vaudeville and film actress, who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in the 1920s during the er...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 7/10 Jun 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 searching for a bad Laughton film, this certainly isn't it - well worth 90 minutes of your time.

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