Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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

Duration: 130 min
Release date: 1939-10-19
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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.

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