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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Comedy

Drama

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 the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Date: 10/19/1939
Rating: 7.9
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

James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington James Stewart

Jean Arthur as Clarissa Saunders in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur

Claude Rains as Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Claude Rains

Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Edward Arnold

Guy Kibbee as Governor Hopper in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Guy Kibbee

Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Thomas Mitchell

Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Eugene Pallette

Beulah Bondi as Ma Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Beulah Bondi

H.B. Warner as Senate Majority Leader in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington H.B. Warner

Harry Carey as President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Carey

Astrid Allwyn as Susan Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Astrid Allwyn

Ruth Donnelly as Emma Hopper in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ruth Donnelly

Grant Mitchell as Senator MacPherson in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Grant Mitchell

Porter Hall as Senator Monroe in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Porter Hall

Pierre Watkin as Senator Barnes in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Pierre Watkin

Charles Lane as Nosey in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Charles Lane

William Demarest as Bill Griffith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington William Demarest

Dick Elliott as Carl Cook in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Dick Elliott

Billy Watson

Delmar Watson as Jimmie Hopper in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Delmar Watson

John Russell as Hopper Boy in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Russell

Harry Watson

Garry Watson

Larry Simms as Hopper Boy in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Larry Simms

H.V. Kaltenborn

Russell Simpson as Kenneth Allen (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Russell Simpson

Frances Gifford as Hopper Girl (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frances Gifford

Colin James Mackey

Wilson Benge as Hopper's Butler (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Wilson Benge

Dickie Jones as Richard Jones (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Dickie Jones

Erville Alderson as Handwriting Expert (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Erville Alderson

Frank Puglia as Handwriting Expert (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank Puglia

Maurice Cass as Handwriting Expert (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Maurice Cass

Stanley Andrews as Senator Hodges (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Stanley Andrews

Al Bridge as Senator Dwight (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Al Bridge

Edwin August as Senator (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Edwin August

Edmund Cobb as Senator Gower (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Edmund Cobb

Sam Ash as Senator Lancaster (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Sam Ash

Harry A. Bailey

Stanley Mack

Brooks Benedict as Senate Clerk (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Brooks Benedict

Wade Boteler as Family Man (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Wade Boteler

Dorothy Comingore as Woman at Station (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Dorothy Comingore

Chester Conklin as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Chester Conklin

Gino Corrado as Barber (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Gino Corrado

Ann Doran as Paine's Secretary (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ann Doran

Robert Emmett Keane as Editor (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Robert Emmett Keane

Matt McHugh as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Matt McHugh

Kathryn Bates

Frank Austin as Inventor (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank Austin

William Arnold

Tommy Baker

Robert Sterling as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Robert Sterling

Dub Taylor as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Dub Taylor

George Chandler as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington George Chandler

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Porter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Jack Carson as Sweeney Farrell (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jack Carson

Tommy Bupp as Cheering Boy (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Tommy Bupp

Dora Clement as Mrs. McGann (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Dora Clement

Bert Moorhouse

Harry C. Bradley as Arthur Kim (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry C. Bradley

Lynton Brent as Photographer (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lynton Brent

Ed Brewer

Harlan Briggs as Mr. Edwards (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harlan Briggs

Harry Burkhardt

Frederick Burton as Senator Dearhorn (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frederick Burton

Georgia Caine as Third Radio Speaker (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Georgia Caine

Ken Carpenter as Announcer (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ken Carpenter

Burr Caruth

Allan Cavan

Eddy Chandler as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Eddy Chandler

Davison Clark as Committeeman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Davison Clark

Richard Clucas

Shirley Coates

Eddie Coke

Hal Cooke

Alec Craig as Speaker (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Alec Craig

Anne Cornwall as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Anne Cornwall

George Cooper as Waiter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington George Cooper

Georgie Cooper

Jack Cooper as Photographer (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jack Cooper

Nick Copeland

Vernon Dent as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Vernon Dent

Maurice Costello as Diggs (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Maurice Costello

Beatrice Curtis

Lew Davis

Dulcie Day

Wally Dean

Harry Depp as Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Depp

Byron Foulger as Hopper's Secretary (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Byron Foulger

Helen Jerome Eddy as Paine's Secretary (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Helen Jerome Eddy

Douglas Evans

Joe Devlin

Clyde Dilson

John Dilson as Secretary (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Dilson

Neal Dodd

Lester Dorr as Taylor's Stooge (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lester Dorr

Robert Dudley as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Robert Dudley

Edward Earle as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Edward Earle

Jack Egan as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jack Egan

Eddie Fetherston as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Eddie Fetherston

Mabel Forrest as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mabel Forrest

Gladys Gale as Committeewoman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Gladys Gale

Jack Gardner

Mary Gordon as Woman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mary Gordon

June Gittelson as Woman at Station (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington June Gittelson

Lorna Gray as Woman at Station (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lorna Gray

Harry Hayden as First Radio Announcer (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Hayden

Louis Jean Heydt as Soapbox Speaker (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Louis Jean Heydt

John Ince as Senator Fernwick (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Ince

Frank Jaquet

Philo McCullough as Senator Albert (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Philo McCullough

Wright Kramer

Henry Hebert as Senator (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Henry Hebert

Fred Hoose

Richard Kipling

Roger Haliday

Wilfred Hari

Philip Hurlic as Boy Ranger (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Philip Hurlic

Olaf Hytten as Butler (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Olaf Hytten

Lloyd Ingraham as Committeeman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lloyd Ingraham

Mitchell Ingraham as (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mitchell Ingraham

Dick Jensen

John Lester Johnson

Eddie Kane as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Eddie Kane

Donald Kerr as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Donald Kerr

Milton Kibbee as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Milton Kibbee

Joe King as Summers  (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Joe King

Evalyn Knapp as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Evalyn Knapp

Paul Kruger as Bodyguard (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Paul Kruger

Bobby Larson as Boy Ranger (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Bobby Larson

Billy Lechner

Jackie Lowe

P.H. Levy

Vera Lewis as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Vera Lewis

Jack Lindquist as Chorus Member (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jack Lindquist

George Lloyd as Hoodlum (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington George Lloyd

Arthur Loft as Chief Clerk (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Arthur Loft

Jack Low

Jimmie Lucas

Mary MacLaren as Head Sister (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mary MacLaren

Hank Mann as Photographer (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Hank Mann

Margaret Mann as Nun (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Margaret Mann

Eric Mayne as Man in Senate Building (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Eric Mayne

Ralph McCullough

George McKay as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington George McKay

Lafe McKee as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lafe McKee

Ben Taggart as Pompous Man (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ben Taggart

Field Norton

Wilfred Lucas as Pompous Man (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Wilfred Lucas

Sammy McKim as Boy Ranger (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Sammy McKim

James McNamara

William Newell as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington William Newell

Robert Middlemass as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Robert Middlemass

James Millican as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington James Millican

Howard M. Mitchell as Shoe Salesman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Howard M. Mitchell

Charles R. Moore as Porter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Charles R. Moore

Gene Morgan as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Gene Morgan

Robert Morgan

Ray Nichols

Alex Novinsky

Frank O'Connor as Senator Alfred (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank O'Connor

Frank Otto

Joe Palma

Spencer Quinn

Tom Quinn

Ed Randolph

Charles Regan

Jack Rice as Lang (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jack Rice

Wyndham Standing as Senator Ashman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Wyndham Standing

Ferris Taylor as Senator Carlisle (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ferris Taylor

Jack Richardson as Senator Manchester (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jack Richardson

Walter Soderling as Senator Pickett (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Walter Soderling

Harry Stafford

Victor Travis as Senator Grainger (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Victor Travis

Carl Stockdale as Senator Burdette (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Carl Stockdale

Bob Walker as Senator Holland (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Bob Walker

Henry Roquemore

Craig Stevens as Senate Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Craig Stevens

Paul Stanton as Flood a Newsman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Paul Stanton

Johnny Russell as Otis Hopper (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Johnny Russell

Walter Sande as Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Walter Sande

Frank M. Thomas as Hendricks (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank M. Thomas

Harry Strang as Bodyguard (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Strang

Harry Tenbrook as Bodyguard (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Tenbrook

Dave Willock as Senate Guard (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Dave Willock

Lloyd Whitlock as Schultz  (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lloyd Whitlock

John Tyrrell as (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Tyrrell

Frederick Vroom as Paine's Friend (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frederick Vroom

Charles Sullivan as Cab Driver (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Charles Sullivan

Arthur Thalasso

Edward Thomas

Laura Treadwell

Layne Tom Jr. as Boy Ranger (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Layne Tom Jr.

Myonne Walsh

Billy Wayne as Reporter (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Billy Wayne

Max Waizmann

John Ward

Jane Loofbourrow

Blanche Payson as Committeewoman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Blanche Payson

Emma Tansey

Bess Wade

Florence Wix as Committeewoman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Florence Wix

Eleanor Wood

Jesse Graves as Black Committeeman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jesse Graves

Gus Glassmire

Larry Steers as Committeeman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Larry Steers

Landers Stevens as Committeeman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Landers Stevens

William Worthington as Committeeman (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington William Worthington

Edward Biby as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Edward Biby

Count Stefenelli

David Wade

Frank McLure as Senator (uncredited) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank McLure

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