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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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

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NR 1939 · 2h 10m
Drama, Comedy
Starring James Stewart · Jean Arthur · Claude Rains
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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.

Theatrical
Oct 19, 1939
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 22, 2000
Box Office
$9.6M
Budget
$1.5M
Return
6.4x
Theaters
2
Director
Frank Capra
Writers
Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Keywords
washington dc, usa senate senator sightseeing governor politician idealist dam camp conservative black and white disillusionment political corruption integrity usa politics determination filibuster walkout political machine smear campaign expulsion attempt exhilarated
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Cast

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