Humorous novel dealing with a British valet who becomes the social dictator of a western pioneer town.
Adaptations (2)
Ruggles of Red Gap has been adapted into 2 films, from 1923 to 1935.
Ruggles of Red Gap1923 · film · 80 min · dir. James Cruze · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Ruggles of Red Gap1935 · film · 90 min · dir. Leo McCarey · IMDb ↗IMDb7.6100%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.
