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06/12/1999

BBC Two - Mr Deeds Goes to Town

A poet's decision to give away his inheritance causes everyone to doubt his sanity.

Oscar-winning screwball comedy about a small-town poet whose decision to give away his 20 million dollar inheritance makes everyone doubt his sanity. Stars Gary Cooper.

Screwball comedy in which a small-town poet inherits 20 million dollars and decides to give it all away to the needy. A newspaper editor sends a female reporter on his trail, convinced that there is more to his story than meets the eye.

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