Ruggles of Red Gap
Directed by renowned Hollywood humanist Leo McCarey, Ruggles of Red Gap is one of the great comedies about the American ideal. Charles Laughton leads a delightful ensemble cast as Marmaduke Ruggles, an English valet who, while accompanying his employer on a trip to Paris, finds himself gambled away to a new-money American couple. The bewildered butler’s tradition-bound world is upended when the couple bring him back to their frontier outpost in Washington State, but there he eventually discovers a newfound sense of self-determination in a land “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Balancing relaxed physical humor with a heart-swelling affection for everyday people, McCarey fashions a comedy of rare effortlessness and poignancy.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme
- Three radio adaptations
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris
New cover by Abigail Giuseppe
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme
- Three radio adaptations
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris
New cover by Abigail Giuseppe
Cast
- Charles Laughton
- Marmaduke Ruggles
- Mary Boland
- Effie Floud
- Charlie Ruggles
- Egbert Floud
- ZaSu Pitts
- Mrs. Judson
- Roland Young
- Earl of Burnstead
- Leila Hyams
- Nell Kenner
- Maude Eburne
- “Ma” Pettingill
- Lucien Littlefield
- Charles Belknap-Jackson
- Leota Lorraine
- Mrs. Belknap-Jackson
Credits
- Director
- Leo McCarey
- Producer
- Arthur Hornblow Jr.
- Screenplay by
- Walter DeLeon
- Screenplay by
- Harlan Thompson
- Director of photography
- Alfred Gilks
- Editor
- Edward Dmytryk
A scene from Ruggles of Red Gap
