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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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.

1939 |2h 9m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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James Stewart

Jefferson Smith

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Jean Arthur

Clarissa Saunders

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Claude Rains

Joseph Paine

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Edward Arnold

Jim Taylor

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Guy Kibbee

Governor Hopper

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Thomas Mitchell

Diz Moore

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Eugene Pallette

Chick McGann

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Beulah Bondi

Ma Smith

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H.B. Warner

Senate Majority Leader

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Harry Carey

President of the Senate

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Astrid Allwyn

Susan Paine

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Ruth Donnelly

Emma Hopper

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Grant Mitchell

Senator MacPherson

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Porter Hall

Senator Monroe

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Pierre Watkin

Senator Barnes

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Charles Lane

Nosey

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William Demarest

Bill Griffith

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Dick Elliott

Carl Cook

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Delmar Watson

Jimmie Hopper

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John Russell

Hopper Boy

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Larry Simms

Hopper Boy

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Russell Simpson

Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

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Frances Gifford

Hopper Girl (uncredited)

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Wilson Benge

Hopper's Butler (uncredited)

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Dickie Jones

Richard Jones (uncredited)

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Erville Alderson

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

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Frank Puglia

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

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Maurice Cass

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

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Stanley Andrews

Senator Hodges (uncredited)

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Al Bridge

Senator Dwight (uncredited)

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Edwin August

Senator (uncredited)

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Edmund Cobb

Senator Gower (uncredited)

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Sam Ash

Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

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Brooks Benedict

Senate Clerk (uncredited)

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Wade Boteler

Family Man (uncredited)

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Dorothy Comingore

Woman at Station (uncredited)

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Chester Conklin

Reporter (uncredited)

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Gino Corrado

Barber (uncredited)

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Ann Doran

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

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Robert Emmett Keane

Editor (uncredited)

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Matt McHugh

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frank Austin

Inventor (uncredited)

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Robert Sterling

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Dub Taylor

Reporter (uncredited)

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George Chandler

Reporter (uncredited)

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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Porter (uncredited)

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Jack Carson

Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)

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Tommy Bupp

Cheering Boy (uncredited)

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Dora Clement

Mrs. McGann (uncredited)

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Harry C. Bradley

Arthur Kim (uncredited)

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Lynton Brent

Photographer (uncredited)

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Harlan Briggs

Mr. Edwards (uncredited)

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Frederick Burton

Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)

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Georgia Caine

Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)

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Ken Carpenter

Announcer (uncredited)

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Eddy Chandler

Reporter (uncredited)

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Davison Clark

Committeeman (uncredited)

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Alec Craig

Speaker (uncredited)

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Anne Cornwall

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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George Cooper

Waiter (uncredited)

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Jack Cooper

Photographer (uncredited)

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Vernon Dent

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Maurice Costello

Diggs (uncredited)

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Harry Depp

Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)

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Helen Jerome Eddy

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

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John Dilson

Secretary (uncredited)

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Lester Dorr

Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)

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Robert Dudley

Reporter (uncredited)

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Edward Earle

Reporter (uncredited)

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Jack Egan

Reporter (uncredited)

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Eddie Fetherston

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Mabel Forrest

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Gladys Gale

Committeewoman (uncredited)

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Mary Gordon

Woman (uncredited)

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June Gittelson

Woman at Station (uncredited)

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Lorna Gray

Woman at Station (uncredited)

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Harry Hayden

First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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Louis Jean Heydt

Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)

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John Ince

Senator Fernwick (uncredited)

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Philo McCullough

Senator Albert (uncredited)

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Henry Hebert

Senator (uncredited)

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Philip Hurlic

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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Olaf Hytten

Butler (uncredited)

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Lloyd Ingraham

Committeeman (uncredited)

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Mitchell Ingraham

(uncredited)

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Eddie Kane

Reporter (uncredited)

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Donald Kerr

Reporter (uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Joe King

Summers (uncredited)

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Evalyn Knapp

Reporter (uncredited)

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Paul Kruger

Bodyguard (uncredited)

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Bobby Larson

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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Vera Lewis

Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

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Jack Lindquist

Chorus Member (uncredited)

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George Lloyd

Hoodlum (uncredited)

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Arthur Loft

Chief Clerk (uncredited)

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Mary MacLaren

Head Sister (uncredited)

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Hank Mann

Photographer (uncredited)

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Margaret Mann

Nun (uncredited)

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Eric Mayne

Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

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George McKay

Reporter (uncredited)

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Lafe McKee

Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

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Ben Taggart

Pompous Man (uncredited)

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Wilfred Lucas

Pompous Man (uncredited)

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Sammy McKim

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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William Newell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Robert Middlemass

Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)

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James Millican

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Howard M. Mitchell

Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

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Charles R. Moore

Porter (uncredited)

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Gene Morgan

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Senator Alfred (uncredited)

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Jack Rice

Lang (uncredited)

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Wyndham Standing

Senator Ashman (uncredited)

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Ferris Taylor

Senator Carlisle (uncredited)

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Jack Richardson

Senator Manchester (uncredited)

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Walter Soderling

Senator Pickett (uncredited)

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Victor Travis

Senator Grainger (uncredited)

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Carl Stockdale

Senator Burdette (uncredited)

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Bob Walker

Senator Holland (uncredited)

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Craig Stevens

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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Paul Stanton

Flood a Newsman (uncredited)

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Johnny Russell

Otis Hopper (uncredited)

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Walter Sande

Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)

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Frank M. Thomas

Hendricks (uncredited)

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Harry Strang

Bodyguard (uncredited)

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Harry Tenbrook

Bodyguard (uncredited)

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Dave Willock

Senate Guard (uncredited)

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Lloyd Whitlock

Schultz (uncredited)

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John Tyrrell

(uncredited)

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Frederick Vroom

Paine's Friend (uncredited)

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Charles Sullivan

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Layne Tom Jr.

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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Billy Wayne

Reporter (uncredited)

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Blanche Payson

Committeewoman (uncredited)

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Florence Wix

Committeewoman (uncredited)

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Jesse Graves

Black Committeeman (uncredited)

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Gus Glassmire

Angry Committee Member (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Committeeman (uncredited)

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Landers Stevens

Committeeman (uncredited)

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William Worthington

Committeeman (uncredited)

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Edward Biby

Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Senator (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$1,500,000.00

Revenue

$9,600,000.00