Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.8 1939 130 min
NR
Comedy Drama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

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Director
Frank Capra
Writers
Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster
Classification
NR

Cast

The cast behind this title

James Stewart Jefferson Smith
Jean Arthur Clarissa Saunders
Claude Rains Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee Governor Hopper
Thomas Mitchell Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi Ma Smith
H.B. Warner Senate Majority Leader
Harry Carey President of the Senate
Astrid Allwyn Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly Emma Hopper
Grant Mitchell Senator MacPherson
Porter Hall Senator Monroe
Pierre Watkin Senator Barnes
Charles Lane Nosey
William Demarest Bill Griffith
Dick Elliott Carl Cook

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