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Ruggles of Red Gap
UNITED STATES · 1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

Leo McCarey
fish out of water class conflict cultural assimilation fish out of water self-discovery
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Synopsis

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.

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