If you loved Sweet Smell of Success, try Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Sweet Smell of Success

1957 · dir. Alexander Mackendrick

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · dir. Frank Capra

What they share

Theysit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Sweet Smell of Success, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is

Small-town simplicity meets big-city chaos. Longfellow Deeds inherits a fortune and moves to the city. He outsmarts everyone until love gets in the way.

If you loved Sweet Smell of Success, try Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Sweet Smell of Success

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

What they share

What Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is

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