Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1939-10-19
  • User Rating: 7.9/10 from 1037 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Capra
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Summary

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

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  • James Stewart

    as Jefferson Smith

  • Jean Arthur

    as Clarissa Saunders

  • Claude Rains

    as Joseph Paine

  • Edward Arnold

    as Jim Taylor

  • Guy Kibbee

    as Governor Hopper

  • Thomas Mitchell

    as Diz Moore

  • Eugene Pallette

    as Chick McGann

  • Beulah Bondi

    as Ma Smith

  • H.B. Warner

    as Senate Majority Leader

  • Harry Carey

    as President of the Senate

  • Astrid Allwyn

    as Susan Paine

  • Ruth Donnelly

    as Emma Hopper

  • Grant Mitchell

    as Senator MacPherson

  • Porter Hall

    as Senator Monroe

  • Pierre Watkin

    as Senator Barnes

  • Charles Lane

    as Nosey

  • William Demarest

    as Bill Griffith

  • Dick Elliott

    as Carl Cook

  • Billy Watson

    as Peter Hopper

  • Delmar Watson

    as Jimmie Hopper

  • John Russell

    as Hopper Boy

  • Harry Watson

    as Hopper Boy

  • Garry Watson

    as Hopper Boy

  • Larry Simms

    as Hopper Boy

  • H.V. Kaltenborn

    as Radio Broadcaster

  • Russell Simpson

    as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

  • Frances Gifford

    as Hopper Girl (uncredited)

  • Colin James Mackey

    as Narrator (uncredited)

  • Wilson Benge

    as Hopper's Butler (uncredited)

  • Dickie Jones

    as Richard Jones (uncredited)

  • Erville Alderson

    as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

  • Frank Puglia

    as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

  • Maurice Cass

    as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

  • Stanley Andrews

    as Senator Hodges (uncredited)

  • Al Bridge

    as Senator Dwight (uncredited)

  • Edwin August

    as Senator (uncredited)

  • Edmund Cobb

    as Senator Gower (uncredited)

  • Sam Ash

    as Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

  • Harry A. Bailey

    as Senator Hammett (uncredited)

  • Stanley Mack

    as Senator (uncredited)

  • Brooks Benedict

    as Senate Clerk (uncredited)

  • Wade Boteler

    as Family Man (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Comingore

    as Woman at Station (uncredited)

  • Chester Conklin

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Gino Corrado

    as Barber (uncredited)

  • Ann Doran

    as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    as Editor (uncredited)

  • Matt McHugh

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Kathryn Bates

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Frank Austin

    as Inventor (uncredited)

  • William Arnold

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Tommy Baker

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • Robert Sterling

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Dub Taylor

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • George Chandler

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

    as Porter (uncredited)

  • Jack Carson

    as Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)

  • Tommy Bupp

    as Cheering Boy (uncredited)

  • Dora Clement

    as Mrs. McGann (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

  • Harry C. Bradley

    as Arthur Kim (uncredited)

  • Lynton Brent

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • Ed Brewer

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Harlan Briggs

    as Mr. Edwards (uncredited)

  • Harry Burkhardt

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Frederick Burton

    as Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)

  • Georgia Caine

    as Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)

  • Ken Carpenter

    as Announcer (uncredited)

  • Burr Caruth

    as Townsend (uncredited)

  • Allan Cavan

    as Ragner (uncredited)

  • Eddy Chandler

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Davison Clark

    as Committeeman (uncredited)

  • Richard Clucas

    as (uncredited)

  • Shirley Coates

    as Assistant Bartender (uncredited)

  • Eddie Coke

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • Hal Cooke

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Alec Craig

    as Speaker (uncredited)

  • Anne Cornwall

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • George Cooper

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Georgie Cooper

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Jack Cooper

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • Nick Copeland

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Vernon Dent

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Maurice Costello

    as Diggs (uncredited)

  • Beatrice Curtis

    as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Lew Davis

    as Senate Clerk (uncredited)

  • Dulcie Day

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Wally Dean

    as Paine's Friend (uncredited)

  • Harry Depp

    as Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    as Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Helen Jerome Eddy

    as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Douglas Evans

    as Francis Scott Key (uncredited)

  • Joe Devlin

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Clyde Dilson

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • John Dilson

    as Secretary (uncredited)

  • Neal Dodd

    as Senate Chaplain (uncredited)

  • Lester Dorr

    as Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)

  • Robert Dudley

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Edward Earle

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Jack Egan

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Eddie Fetherston

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Mabel Forrest

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Gladys Gale

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Jack Gardner

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Mary Gordon

    as Woman (uncredited)

  • June Gittelson

    as Woman at Station (uncredited)

  • Lorna Gray

    as Woman at Station (uncredited)

  • Harry Hayden

    as First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

  • Louis Jean Heydt

    as Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)

  • John Ince

    as Senator Fernwick (uncredited)

  • Frank Jaquet

    as Senator Byron (uncredited)

  • Philo McCullough

    as Senator Albert (uncredited)

  • Wright Kramer

    as Senator Carlton (uncredited)

  • Henry Hebert

    as Senator (uncredited)

  • Fred Hoose

    as Senator (uncredited)

  • Richard Kipling

    as Senator (uncredited)

  • Roger Haliday

    as Senate Guard (uncredited)

  • Wilfred Hari

    as House Boy (uncredited)

  • Philip Hurlic

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • Olaf Hytten

    as Butler (uncredited)

  • Lloyd Ingraham

    as Committeeman (uncredited)

  • Mitchell Ingraham

    as (uncredited)

  • Dick Jensen

    as Hoodlum (uncredited)

  • John Lester Johnson

    as Butler (uncredited)

  • Eddie Kane

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Donald Kerr

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Milton Kibbee

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Joe King

    as Summers (uncredited)

  • Evalyn Knapp

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Paul Kruger

    as Bodyguard (uncredited)

  • Bobby Larson

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • Billy Lechner

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • Jackie Lowe

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • P.H. Levy

    as Rabbi (uncredited)

  • Vera Lewis

    as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

  • Jack Lindquist

    as Chorus Member (uncredited)

  • George Lloyd

    as Hoodlum (uncredited)

  • Arthur Loft

    as Chief Clerk (uncredited)

  • Jack Low

    as Hoodlum (uncredited)

  • Jimmie Lucas

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • Mary MacLaren

    as Head Sister (uncredited)

  • Hank Mann

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • Margaret Mann

    as Nun (uncredited)

  • Eric Mayne

    as Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

  • Ralph McCullough

    as Assistant Bartender (uncredited)

  • George McKay

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Lafe McKee

    as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

  • Ben Taggart

    as Pompous Man (uncredited)

  • Field Norton

    as Pompous Man (uncredited)

  • Wilfred Lucas

    as Pompous Man (uncredited)

  • Sammy McKim

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • James McNamara

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • William Newell

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Robert Middlemass

    as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)

  • James Millican

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Howard M. Mitchell

    as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

  • Charles R. Moore

    as Porter (uncredited)

  • Gene Morgan

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Robert Morgan

    as Senate Clerk (uncredited)

  • Ray Nichols

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • Alex Novinsky

    as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

  • Frank O'Connor

    as Senator Alfred (uncredited)

  • Frank Otto

    as Fisk (uncredited)

  • Joe Palma

    as Hoodlum (uncredited)

  • Spencer Quinn

    as (uncredited)

  • Tom Quinn

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Ed Randolph

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Charles Regan

    as Hoodlum (uncredited)

  • Jack Rice

    as Lang (uncredited)

  • Wyndham Standing

    as Senator Ashman (uncredited)

  • Ferris Taylor

    as Senator Carlisle (uncredited)

  • Jack Richardson

    as Senator Manchester (uncredited)

  • Walter Soderling

    as Senator Pickett (uncredited)

  • Harry Stafford

    as Senator Atwater (uncredited)

  • Victor Travis

    as Senator Grainger (uncredited)

  • Carl Stockdale

    as Senator Burdette (uncredited)

  • Bob Walker

    as Senator Holland (uncredited)

  • Henry Roquemore

    as Senator (uncredited)

  • Craig Stevens

    as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Paul Stanton

    as Flood a Newsman (uncredited)

  • Johnny Russell

    as Otis Hopper (uncredited)

  • Walter Sande

    as Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)

  • Frank M. Thomas

    as Hendricks (uncredited)

  • Harry Strang

    as Bodyguard (uncredited)

  • Harry Tenbrook

    as Bodyguard (uncredited)

  • Dave Willock

    as Senate Guard (uncredited)

  • Lloyd Whitlock

    as Schultz (uncredited)

  • John Tyrrell

    as (uncredited)

  • Frederick Vroom

    as Paine's Friend (uncredited)

  • Charles Sullivan

    as Cab Driver (uncredited)

  • Arthur Thalasso

    as Doorman (uncredited)

  • Edward Thomas

    as Butler (uncredited)

  • Laura Treadwell

    as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)

  • Layne Tom Jr.

    as Boy Ranger (uncredited)

  • Myonne Walsh

    as Jane Hopper (uncredited)

  • Billy Wayne

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Max Waizmann

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • John Ward

    as Photographer (uncredited)

  • Jane Loofbourrow

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Blanche Payson

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Emma Tansey

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Bess Wade

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Florence Wix

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Eleanor Wood

    as Committeewoman (uncredited)

  • Jesse Graves

    as Black Committeeman (uncredited)

  • Gus Glassmire

    as Angry Committee Member (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    as Committeeman (uncredited)

  • Landers Stevens

    as Committeeman (uncredited)

  • William Worthington

    as Committeeman (uncredited)

  • Edward Biby

    as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

  • Count Stefenelli

    as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

  • David Wade

    as (uncredited)

  • Frank McLure

    as Senator (uncredited)
Writing Sidney Buchman Screenplay
Editing Gene Havlick Editor
Writing Lewis R. Foster Story
Directing Frank Capra Director
Camera Joseph Walker Director of Photography
Sound Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer
Art Lionel Banks Art Direction
Editing Al Clark Editor
Costume & Make-Up Robert Kalloch Costume Design
Directing Arthur S. Black Jr. Assistant Director
Sound Morris Stoloff Music Director
Visual Effects Slavko Vorkapich Visual Effects

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