Ruggles of Red Gap

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Charles Laughton Marmaduke Ruggles

Mary Boland Effie Floud

Charles Ruggles Egbert Floud

Zasu Pitts Mrs. Judson

Roland Young Earl of Burnstead