Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Release Date:

Oct 17, 1939

Running Time:

2:05

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Frank Capra

Cast:

James Stewart	Jefferson Smith
Jean Arthur	Clarissa Saunders
Claude Rains	Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine
Edward Arnold	Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee	Gov. Hubert ``Happy'' Hopper
Thomas Mitchell	Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette	Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi	Ma Smith
H.B. Warner	Sen. Agnew
Harry Carey	President of the Senate
Astrid Allwyn	Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly	Emma Hopper
Grant Mitchell	Sen. MacPherson
Porter Hall	Sen. Monroe
Pierre Watkin	Sen. Barnes
Charles Lane	Nosey newsman
William Demarest	Bill Griffith
Dick Elliott	Carl Cook
Jack Carson	Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)
Joe King	Summers (uncredited)
Paul Stanton	Flood (uncredited)
Russell Simpson	Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews	Sen. Hodges (uncredited)
Walter Soderling	Sen. Pickett (uncredited)
Vera Lewis	Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Dora Clement	Mrs. McGann (uncredited)

Producers:

Frank Capra

Writers:

Lewis R. Foster, Sidney Buchman

Language:

English

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When the idealistic young Jefferson Smith winds up appointed to the United States Senate, he gains the mentorship of Senator Joseph Paine . However, Paine isn't as noble as his reputation would indicate, and he becomes involved in a scheme to discredit Smith, who wants to build a boys' campsite where a more lucrative project could go. Determined to stand up against Paine and his corrupt peers, Smith takes his case to the Senate floor.

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