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| Character | Homeless Man???? | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Angry, Crying, Flips out, Insane, Lamenting, Frustrated, Apologetic, Malicious/scheming | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1936 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | A desperate homeless man threatens Mr. Deeds with a gun but then breaks down and cries | |
| Details | 1 hr 14 minutes into the film | |
Summary
When Martin W. Semple, a wealthy civic leader, dies in a car accident, everybody awaits to know who will be named the heir to his fortune. The closest relative turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a young man from a small town who likes to write poetry and play the tuba in his town's band. As he moves to the big city to get his inheritance, he becomes the target of a lot of people interested in his money. They also think he is simple minded and that they can make fun of him, but it turns out he is not easily outwitted or manipulated. He also meets Babe Bennet, a young reported who pretends to be a damsel in distress to get close to him and write stories about him.
Various stories about him are published in the newspaper, including one that he fed doughnuts to a horse.
In this scene a homeless man breaks into his mansion and scolds him for not caring about all the people that are starving and can't feed their families. He also takes out a gun out of his pocket and threatens to kill Deeds, only to break down later, apologize and cry.
Various stories about him are published in the newspaper, including one that he fed doughnuts to a horse.
In this scene a homeless man breaks into his mansion and scolds him for not caring about all the people that are starving and can't feed their families. He also takes out a gun out of his pocket and threatens to kill Deeds, only to break down later, apologize and cry.
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| HOMELESS MAN: "A moocher? Sure, everybody's a moocher to you. A mongrel dog eating out of a garbage pail is a moocher to you. (Takes out a gun from his pocket). Stay where you are young fellow! Get over there! You're about to get some more publicity, Mr. Deeds. You're about to get on the front page again. See how you're going to like it this time. See what good your money's gonna do when you're six feet under? You never thought of that. Did you? No....all you ever thought of was pinching pennies, you money-grabbing hick. You never gave a thought to all of those starving people in the bread lines...not knowing where their next meal was coming from...not able to feed their wife and kids. Not able to----(breaks down, throws the gun and sits on a chair). I'm glad I didn't hurt nobody. Excuse me. Crazy. You get all kinds of crazy ideas. Sorry. I didn't know what I was doing. Losing your farm after 20 years work. Seeing you kids go hungry. Game little wife saying everything's going to be all right. Stand there in the bread lines. It killed me to take a handout. I---I ain't used to it. Go ahead and do what you want with me, mister. I guess I am at the end of my....rope...(cries) |
