Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

U/A 13+ 19/10/1939
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 2 hr 9 min
78%
  • Status : Released
  • Budget : $1,500,000
  • Revenue :$9,600,000
Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

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.
  • Status : Released
  • Budget : $1,500,000
  • Revenue :$9,600,000
Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

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.
Top Billed Cast
James Stewart
James Stewart

Jefferson Smith

Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur

Clarissa Saunders

Claude Rains
Claude Rains

Joseph Paine

Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold

Jim Taylor

Guy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee

Governor Hopper

Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell

Diz Moore

Eugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette

Chick McGann

Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi

Ma Smith

H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner

Senate Majority Leader

Harry Carey
Harry Carey

President of the Senate

Astrid Allwyn
Astrid Allwyn

Susan Paine

Ruth Donnelly
Ruth Donnelly

Emma Hopper

Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell

Senator MacPherson

Porter Hall
Porter Hall

Senator Monroe

Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin

Senator Barnes

Charles Lane
Charles Lane

Nosey

William Demarest
William Demarest

Bill Griffith

Dick Elliott
Dick Elliott

Carl Cook

Delmar Watson
Delmar Watson

Jimmie Hopper

John Russell
John Russell

Hopper Boy

Larry Simms
Larry Simms

Hopper Boy

Russell Simpson
Russell Simpson

Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

Frances Gifford
Frances Gifford

Hopper Girl (uncredited)

Dickie Jones
Dickie Jones

Richard Jones (uncredited)

Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Frank Puglia
Frank Puglia

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Maurice Cass
Maurice Cass

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews
Stanley Andrews

Senator Hodges (uncredited)

Al Bridge
Al Bridge

Senator Dwight (uncredited)

Edwin August
Edwin August

Senator (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb
Edmund Cobb

Senator Gower (uncredited)

Sam Ash
Sam Ash

Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict
Brooks Benedict

Senate Clerk (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler

Family Man (uncredited)

Dorothy Comingore
Dorothy Comingore

Woman at Station (uncredited)

Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin

Reporter (uncredited)

Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado

Barber (uncredited)

Ann Doran
Ann Doran

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane
Robert Emmett Keane

Editor (uncredited)

Matt McHugh
Matt McHugh

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Austin
Frank Austin

Inventor (uncredited)

Robert Sterling
Robert Sterling

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Dub Taylor
Dub Taylor

Reporter (uncredited)

George Chandler
George Chandler

Reporter (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Porter (uncredited)

Jack Carson
Jack Carson

Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)

Tommy Bupp
Tommy Bupp

Cheering Boy (uncredited)

Dora Clement
Dora Clement

Mrs. McGann (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse

Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley
Harry C. Bradley

Arthur Kim (uncredited)

Lynton Brent
Lynton Brent

Photographer (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs
Harlan Briggs

Mr. Edwards (uncredited)

Harry Burkhardt
Harry Burkhardt

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Georgia Caine
Georgia Caine

Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)

Ken Carpenter
Ken Carpenter

Announcer (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler
Eddy Chandler

Reporter (uncredited)

Davison Clark
Davison Clark

Committeeman (uncredited)

Alec Craig
Alec Craig

Speaker (uncredited)

Anne Cornwall
Anne Cornwall

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

George Cooper
George Cooper

Waiter (uncredited)

Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper

Photographer (uncredited)

Vernon Dent
Vernon Dent

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Maurice Costello
Maurice Costello

Diggs (uncredited)

Harry Depp
Harry Depp

Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger

Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)

Helen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

John Dilson
John Dilson

Secretary (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Lester Dorr

Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)

Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley

Reporter (uncredited)

Edward Earle
Edward Earle

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Egan
Jack Egan

Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Fetherston
Eddie Fetherston

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Mabel Forrest
Mabel Forrest

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Gladys Gale
Gladys Gale

Committeewoman (uncredited)

Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon

Woman (uncredited)

June Gittelson
June Gittelson

Woman at Station (uncredited)

Lorna Gray
Lorna Gray

Woman at Station (uncredited)

Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden

First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt

Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)

John Ince
John Ince

Senator Fernwick (uncredited)

Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough

Senator Albert (uncredited)

Henry Hebert
Henry Hebert

Senator (uncredited)

Philip Hurlic
Philip Hurlic

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten

Butler (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham
Lloyd Ingraham

Committeeman (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham
Mitchell Ingraham

(uncredited)

Eddie Kane
Eddie Kane

Reporter (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Donald Kerr

Reporter (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Joe King
Joe King

Summers (uncredited)

Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp

Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Bobby Larson
Bobby Larson

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

Vera Lewis
Vera Lewis

Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

Jack Lindquist
Jack Lindquist

Chorus Member (uncredited)

George Lloyd
George Lloyd

Hoodlum (uncredited)

Arthur Loft
Arthur Loft

Chief Clerk (uncredited)

Mary MacLaren
Mary MacLaren

Head Sister (uncredited)

Hank Mann
Hank Mann

Photographer (uncredited)

Margaret Mann
Margaret Mann

Nun (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne

Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

George McKay
George McKay

Reporter (uncredited)

Lafe McKee
Lafe McKee

Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

Ben Taggart
Ben Taggart

Pompous Man (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas

Pompous Man (uncredited)

Sammy McKim
Sammy McKim

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

William Newell
William Newell

Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass
Robert Middlemass

Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)

James Millican
James Millican

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell
Howard M. Mitchell

Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
Charles R. Moore

Porter (uncredited)

Gene Morgan
Gene Morgan

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor

Senator Alfred (uncredited)

Jack Rice
Jack Rice

Lang (uncredited)

Wyndham Standing
Wyndham Standing

Senator Ashman (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor
Ferris Taylor

Senator Carlisle (uncredited)

Jack Richardson
Jack Richardson

Senator Manchester (uncredited)

Walter Soderling
Walter Soderling

Senator Pickett (uncredited)

Victor Travis
Victor Travis

Senator Grainger (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale

Senator Burdette (uncredited)

Bob Walker
Bob Walker

Senator Holland (uncredited)

Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Stanton
Paul Stanton

Flood a Newsman (uncredited)

Johnny Russell
Johnny Russell

Otis Hopper (uncredited)

Walter Sande
Walter Sande

Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)

Frank M. Thomas
Frank M. Thomas

Hendricks (uncredited)

Harry Strang
Harry Strang

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook
Harry Tenbrook

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Dave Willock
Dave Willock

Senate Guard (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock
Lloyd Whitlock

Schultz (uncredited)

John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell

(uncredited)

Frederick Vroom
Frederick Vroom

Paine's Friend (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan
Charles Sullivan

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Layne Tom Jr.
Layne Tom Jr.

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

Billy Wayne
Billy Wayne

Reporter (uncredited)

John Ward
John Ward

Photographer (uncredited)

Blanche Payson
Blanche Payson

Committeewoman (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Florence Wix

Committeewoman (uncredited)

Jesse Graves
Jesse Graves

Black Committeeman (uncredited)

Larry Steers
Larry Steers

Committeeman (uncredited)

Landers Stevens
Landers Stevens

Committeeman (uncredited)

William Worthington
William Worthington

Committeeman (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Frank McLure

Senator (uncredited)

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Crew Members
Lewis R. Foster
Lewis R. Foster

Story

Frank Capra
Frank Capra

Director

Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff

Music Director

Slavko Vorkapich
Slavko Vorkapich

Visual Effects

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