Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!
129 min
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.
- Release date
- October 19, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Box office
- $9,600,000
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Trailer
Cast
- James Stewart as Jefferson Smith
- Jean Arthur as Saunders
- Claude Rains as Senator Joseph Harrison Paine
- Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor
- Guy Kibbee as Governor Hubert 'Happy' Hopper
- Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore
- Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann
- Beulah Bondi as Ma Smith
- H.B. Warner as Senator Agnew - Majority Leader
- Harry Carey as President of the Senate
- Astrid Allwyn as Susan Paine
- Ruth Donnelly as Emma Hopper
- Grant Mitchell as Senator MacPherson
- Porter Hall as Senator Monroe
- Pierre Watkin as Senator Barnes
- Charles Lane as Nosey
- William Demarest as Bill Griffith
- Dick Elliott as Carl Cook
- Billy Watson as Peter Hopper
- Delmar Watson as Jimmie Hopper
- John Russell as Hopper Boy
- Harry Watson as Hopper Boy
- Garry Watson as Hopper Boy
- Larry Simms as Hopper Boy
- H.V. Kaltenborn as Radio Broadcaster
- Russell Simpson as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
- Frances Gifford as Hopper Girl (uncredited)
- Wilson Benge as Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
- Dickie Jones as Richard Jones (uncredited)
Crew
- Frank Capra · Director
- Sidney Buchman · Writer
- Lewis R. Foster · Writer
- Dimitri Tiomkin · Composer
- Joseph Walker · Cinematographer
- Al Clark · Editor
- Gene Havlick · Editor