Ruggles of Red Gap Poster

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

NR 03/08/1935 Comedy 1h 30m
71%
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7.6/10
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SH-H-H-H! TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO HOWL! And howl you will at this funniest of all comedies...

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.

Leo McCarey

Director

Walter DeLeon

Screenplay

Harlan Thompson

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Marmaduke Ruggles

Mary Boland

Mary Boland

Effie Floud

Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Egbert Floud

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Mrs. Judson

Roland Young

Roland Young

Earl of Burnstead

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Nell Kenner

Maude Eburne

Maude Eburne

'Ma' Pettingill

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Charles Belknap-Jackson

Leota Lorraine

Leota Lorraine

Mrs. Belknap-Jackson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 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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