Directed by:
Leo McCareyCinematography:
Alfred GilksCast:
Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, Lucien Littlefield, Dell Henderson, Clarence Wilson, Carrie Daumery (more)VOD (1)
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Ruggles of Red Gap stars Charles Laughton as a stuffy British butler, Marmaduke Ruggles, who is traded in a poker game from an English Duke (Roland Young) to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud (Charlie Ruggles). Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by. Ruggles proves his newfound patriotism in one of the best scenes of the film, his recitation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in the Silver Dollar Saloon. The dream of freedom leads him to open his own restaurant, where one of his first customers is the Duke who has come to reclaim his former servant. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Charles Laughton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339115_39b100.png)
Charles Laughton
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Spartacus (1960)
![Mary Boland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185806_7779b0.jpg)
Mary Boland
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
The Women (1939)
![Charles Ruggles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496939_d44244.jpg)
Charles Ruggles
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
![Zasu Pitts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/343/343618_c34113.jpg)
Zasu Pitts
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Greed (1924)
Life with Father (1947)
![Roland Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496804_35e23d.jpg)
Roland Young
UK
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
![Leila Hyams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270846_c16b5e.jpg)
Leila Hyams
USA
Best movies:
Freaks (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Spite Marriage (1929)
![Lucien Littlefield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000323_03f7e4.jpg)
Lucien Littlefield
USA
Best movies:
The Little Foxes (1941)
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
![Dell Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640846_12e25d.jpg)
Dell Henderson
Canada
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
The Crowd (1928)
Our Relations (1936)
![Clarence Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/518/160518463_23aa16.jpg)
Clarence Wilson
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
![Carrie Daumery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677233_662bae.jpg)
Carrie Daumery
Netherlands
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
![Rolfe Sedan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886009_fb1820.jpg)
Rolfe Sedan
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Ninotchka (1939)
![Ernie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886814_8df218.jpg)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Willie Fung](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279912_b311a0.jpg)
Willie Fung
China
Best movies:
Lost Horizon (1937)
China Seas (1935)
The Letter (1940)
Henry Roquemore
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
![James Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/961/159961965_a40f08.jpg)
James Burke
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Patsy O'Byrne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/079/160079960_fae089.jpg)
Patsy O'Byrne
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
![Sarah Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559673_70cf0c.jpg)
Sarah Edwards
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Frank O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
![Heinie Conklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346043_fdc1fe.gif)
Heinie Conklin
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Circus (1928)