Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939ComedyDrama129 mins

Plot

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of t... read more

  • Frank Capra

    Director

  • Lewis R. Foster

    Story

  • Sidney Buchman

    Screenplay

  • Joseph Walker

    Director of Photography

  • Gene Havlick

    Editor

  • Al Clark

    Editor

  • James Stewart

    Jefferson Smith

  • Jean Arthur

    Clarissa Saunders

  • Claude Rains

    Joseph Paine

  • Edward Arnold

    Jim Taylor

  • Guy Kibbee

    Governor Hopper

  • Thomas Mitchell

    Diz Moore

  • Eugene Pallette

    Chick McGann

  • Beulah Bondi

    Ma Smith

  • H.B. Warner

    Senate Majority Leader

  • Harry Carey

    President of the Senate

  • Astrid Allwyn

    Susan Paine

  • Ruth Donnelly

    Emma Hopper

  • Grant Mitchell

    Senator MacPherson

  • Porter Hall

    Senator Monroe

  • Pierre Watkin

    Senator Barnes

  • Charles Lane

    Nosey

  • William Demarest

    Bill Griffith

  • Dick Elliott

    Carl Cook

  • Billy Watson

    Peter Hopper

  • Delmar Watson

    Jimmie Hopper

  • John Russell

    Hopper Boy

  • Harry Watson

    Hopper Boy

  • Garry Watson

    Hopper Boy

  • Larry Simms

    Hopper Boy

  • H.V. Kaltenborn

    Radio Broadcaster

  • Russell Simpson

    Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

  • Frances Gifford

    Hopper Girl (uncredited)

  • Colin James Mackey

    Narrator (uncredited)

  • Wilson Benge

    Hopper's Butler (uncredited)

  • Dickie Jones

    Richard Jones (uncredited)

  • Erville Alderson

    Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

  • Frank Puglia

    Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

  • Maurice Cass

    Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

  • Stanley Andrews

    Senator Hodges (uncredited)

  • Al Bridge

    Senator Dwight (uncredited)

  • Edwin August

    Senator (uncredited)

  • Edmund Cobb

    Senator Gower (uncredited)

  • Sam Ash

    Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

  • Harry A. Bailey

    Senator Hammett (uncredited)

  • Stanley Mack

    Senator (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    129 minutes

    Released

    1939-10-19

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    287 days ago

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