Movie Description
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)Overview
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Featured Crew
- Director : Frank Capra
- Editor : Gene Havlick,Al Clark
- Cast : James Stewart,Jean Arthur,Claude Rains,Edward Arnold,Guy Kibbee,Thomas Mitchell,Eugene Pallette,Beulah Bondi,H.B. Warner,Harry Carey,Astrid Allwyn,Ruth Donnelly,Grant Mitchell,Porter Hall,Pierre Watkin,Charles Lane,William Demarest,Dick Elliott,Billy Watson,Delmar Watson,John Russell,Harry Watson,Garry Watson,Larry Simms,H.V. Kaltenborn,Russell Simpson,Frances Gifford,Colin James Mackey,Wilson Benge,Dickie Jones,Erville Alderson,Frank Puglia,Maurice Cass,Stanley Andrews,Al Bridge,Edwin August,Edmund Cobb,Sam Ash,Harry A. Bailey,Stanley Mack,Brooks Benedict,Wade Boteler,Dorothy Comingore,Chester Conklin,Gino Corrado,Ann Doran,Robert Emmett Keane,Matt McHugh,Kathryn Bates,Frank Austin,William Arnold,Tommy Baker,Robert Sterling,Dub Taylor,George Chandler,Fred 'Snowflake' Toones,Jack Carson,Tommy Bupp,Dora Clement,Bert Moorhouse,Harry C. Bradley,Lynton Brent,Ed Brewer,Harlan Briggs,Harry Burkhardt,Frederick Burton,Georgia Caine,Ken Carpenter,Burr Caruth,Allan Cavan,Eddy Chandler,Davison Clark,Richard Clucas,Shirley Coates,Eddie Coke,Hal Cooke,Alec Craig,Anne Cornwall,George Cooper,Georgie Cooper,Jack Cooper,Nick Copeland,Vernon Dent,Maurice Costello,Beatrice Curtis,Lew Davis,Dulcie Day,Wally Dean,Harry Depp,Byron Foulger,Helen Jerome Eddy,Douglas Evans,Joe Devlin,Clyde Dilson,John Dilson,Neal Dodd,Lester Dorr,Robert Dudley,Edward Earle,Jack Egan,Eddie Fetherston,Mabel Forrest,Gladys Gale,Jack Gardner,Mary Gordon,June Gittelson,Lorna Gray,Harry Hayden,Louis Jean Heydt,John Ince,Frank Jaquet,Philo McCullough,Wright Kramer,Henry Hebert,Fred Hoose,Richard Kipling,Roger Haliday,Wilfred Hari,Philip Hurlic,Olaf Hytten,Lloyd Ingraham,Mitchell Ingraham,Dick Jensen,John Lester Johnson,Eddie Kane,Donald Kerr,Milton Kibbee,Joe King,Evalyn Knapp,Paul Kruger,Bobby Larson,Billy Lechner,Jackie Lowe,P.H. Levy,Vera Lewis,Jack Lindquist,George Lloyd,Arthur Loft,Jack Low,Jimmie Lucas,Mary MacLaren,Hank Mann,Margaret Mann,Eric Mayne,Ralph McCullough,George McKay,Lafe McKee,Ben Taggart,Field Norton,Wilfred Lucas,Sammy McKim,James McNamara,William Newell,Robert Middlemass,James Millican,Howard M. Mitchell,Charles R. Moore,Gene Morgan,Robert Morgan,Ray Nichols,Alex Novinsky,Frank O'Connor,Frank Otto,Joe Palma,Spencer Quinn,Tom Quinn,Ed Randolph,Charles Regan,Jack Rice,Wyndham Standing,Ferris Taylor,Jack Richardson,Walter Soderling,Harry Stafford,Victor Travis,Carl Stockdale,Bob Walker,Henry Roquemore,Craig Stevens,Paul Stanton,Johnny Russell,Walter Sande,Frank M. Thomas,Harry Strang,Harry Tenbrook,Dave Willock,Lloyd Whitlock,John Tyrrell,Frederick Vroom,Charles Sullivan,Arthur Thalasso,Edward Thomas,Laura Treadwell,Layne Tom Jr.,Myonne Walsh,Billy Wayne,Max Waizmann,John Ward,Jane Loofbourrow,Blanche Payson,Emma Tansey,Bess Wade,Florence Wix,Eleanor Wood,Jesse Graves,Gus Glassmire,Larry Steers,Landers Stevens,William Worthington,Edward Biby,Count Stefenelli,David Wade,Frank McLure
Cast
Jefferson Smith
Clarissa Saunders
Joseph Paine
Jim Taylor
Governor Hopper
Diz Moore
Chick McGann
Ma Smith
Senate Majority Leader
President of the Senate
Susan Paine
Emma Hopper
Senator MacPherson
Senator Monroe
Senator Barnes
Nosey
Bill Griffith
Carl Cook
Peter Hopper
Jimmie Hopper
Hopper Boy
Hopper Boy
Hopper Boy
Hopper Boy
Radio Broadcaster
Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
Hopper Girl (uncredited)
Narrator (uncredited)
Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
Richard Jones (uncredited)
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Senator Hodges (uncredited)
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Senator Gower (uncredited)
Senator Lancaster (uncredited)
Senator Hammett (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Family Man (uncredited)
Woman at Station (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Barber (uncredited)
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Editor (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Inventor (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Porter (uncredited)
Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)
Cheering Boy (uncredited)
Mrs. McGann (uncredited)
Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Arthur Kim (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)
Announcer (uncredited)
Townsend (uncredited)
Ragner (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Committeeman (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Speaker (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Diggs (uncredited)
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Paine's Friend (uncredited)
Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)
Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Senate Chaplain (uncredited)
Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Woman at Station (uncredited)
Woman at Station (uncredited)
First Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)
Senator Fernwick (uncredited)
Senator Byron (uncredited)
Senator Albert (uncredited)
Senator Carlton (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Senate Guard (uncredited)
House Boy (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Butler (uncredited)
Committeeman (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Butler (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Summers (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Rabbi (uncredited)
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Chorus Member (uncredited)
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Chief Clerk (uncredited)
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Head Sister (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Nun (uncredited)
Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
Pompous Man (uncredited)
Pompous Man (uncredited)
Pompous Man (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Porter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Senator Alfred (uncredited)
Fisk (uncredited)
Hoodlum (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Lang (uncredited)
Senator Ashman (uncredited)
Senator Carlisle (uncredited)
Senator Manchester (uncredited)
Senator Pickett (uncredited)
Senator Atwater (uncredited)
Senator Grainger (uncredited)
Senator Burdette (uncredited)
Senator Holland (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Flood a Newsman (uncredited)
Otis Hopper (uncredited)
Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)
Hendricks (uncredited)
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Senate Guard (uncredited)
Schultz (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Paine's Friend (uncredited)
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Butler (uncredited)
Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Jane Hopper (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Committeewoman (uncredited)
Black Committeeman (uncredited)
Angry Committee Member (uncredited)
Committeeman (uncredited)
Committeeman (uncredited)
Committeeman (uncredited)
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleMr. Smith Goes to Washington
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-10-19
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 09m
Budget₹ 1500000
Revenue₹ 9600000
Production CompaniesColumbia Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama