Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

2h 9min | Comedy, Drama | Oct 19, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Frank Capra

Producer: Frank Capra

Writer(s): Sidney Buchman

Story: Lewis R. Foster

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Cast (214 Members)

James Stewart

Jefferson Smith

Jack Carson

Sweeney Farrell a Newsman (uncredited)

Ann Doran

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Woman (uncredited)

Thomas Mitchell

Diz Moore

Claude Rains

Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine

John Russell

Hopper Boy

Dub Taylor

Reporter (uncredited)

Russell Simpson

Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette

Chick McGann

Gino Corrado

Barber (uncredited)

Dorothy Comingore

Woman at Station (uncredited)

H.V. Kaltenborn

Himself, a Radio Broadcaster / Trailer Narrator

Hank Mann

Photographer (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt

Soapbox Speaker

Frederick Vroom

Paine's Friend (uncredited)

Sen. Monroe

Ma Smith

Bill Griffith

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Speaker

Nosey Newsman

Senate Reporter

Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

Senator Burdette

Guy Kibbee

Gov. Hubert 'Happy' Hopper

Chester Conklin

Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery (uncredited)

Pompous Man

Clarissa Saunders

Jim Taylor

President of the Senate

Emma Hopper

Sen. MacPherson

Sen. Barnes

Carl Cook

Peter Hopper

Jimmie Hopper

Hopper Boy

Hopper Boy (as Gary Watson)

Larry Simms

Hopper Boy (as Baby Dumpling)

Dora Clement

Mrs. McGann

Olaf Hytten

Butler (uncredited)

George Chandler

Reporter (uncredited)

H.B. Warner

Senate Majority Leader

Robert Middlemass

Second Radio Announcer

Helen Jerome Eddy

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

Mr. Edwards a Howling Citizen

Senator Pickett

Chief Clerk

Lang

Boy Ranger

Senator Hodges (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Reporter

Dave Willock

Senate Guard

Edmund Cobb

Senator Gower (uncredited)

Dickie Jones

Pageboy Richard Jones (uncredited)

Frederick Burton

Senator Dearhorn

Frances Gifford

Hopper Girl (uncredited)

Waiter

Hoodlum

Senator Byron

Summers a Newsman

Photographer

Senator Fernwick (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Senator

Lloyd Whitlock

Schultz a Newsman

Frank Puglia

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Walter Sande

Newspaperman with Pipe

Eddie Kane

Reporter

Lorna Gray

Woman at Station

Byron Foulger

Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

Undetermined Role

George McKay

Reporter

Tommy Bupp

Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting

James Millican

Senate Reporter

Harry Hayden

First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Douglas Evans

Francis Scott Key

Evalyn Knapp

Reporter Asking 'What Do You Think of the Girls in This Town...

Robert Emmett Keane

Editor (uncredited)

William Newell

Reporter

Matt McHugh

Reporter (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Senate Clerk (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Reporter

Paul Kruger

Bodyguard

Harry Depp

Hat Salesman / Secretary

Susan Paine

Committeeman

Reporter

Boy Ranger

Senator Dwight (uncredited)

Maurice Cass

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Paul Stanton

Flood a Newsman

Wade Boteler

Family Man (uncredited)

Head Sister

Reporter

Taylor's Stooge

Senator Alfred

Reporter

Photographer

Committeeman (uncredited)

Photographer

Boy Ranger

Townsend

Senate Reporter

Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

Lafe McKee

Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial

Cab Driver

Bodyguard

Senate Reporter

Reporter

Committeeman

Mrs. Taylor

Committeewoman

Ragner a Newsman

Senate Reporter

Pompous Man (uncredited)

Gene Morgan

Reporter

Eric Mayne

Man in Senate Building

Senator (uncredited)

Senator Manchester

Senate Reporter

Waiter (uncredited)

Reporter

Otis Hopper

Secretary

Senator Ashman

Senator (uncredited)

Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor

Senator Carlisle

Wilson Benge

Hopper's Butler (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Arthur Kim

Charles Regan

Hoodlum

Harry Tenbrook

Bodyguard

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Porter (uncredited)

Committeeman

Shoe Salesman

Hendricks

Inventor at Smith's Office Door (uncredited)

Gus Glassmire

Angry Committee Member

Margaret Mann

Nun with Cheering Orphan Boys

Porter

Woman at Station

Paine's Secretary

Committeeman

Senator (uncredited)

Assistant Bartender

Doorman

Diggs a Newsman (uncredited)

Senator Holland

Boy Ranger

Reporter

Photographer

Senator Albert

Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)

Gladys Gale

Committeewoman (uncredited)

Reporter

Senator

Senate Reporter

Senate Clerk

Senator

Hoodlum

Hoodlum

Committeewoman

Committeewoman

Pompous Man

Reporter (uncredited)

Fisk

Committeewoman

Senator Grainger

Senator Hammett (uncredited)

Eddie Coke

Photographer

Neal Dodd

Senate Chaplain

Tommy Baker

Boy Ranger (uncredited)

Butler

Senate Reporter

Senator Carlton

Foreign Diplomat

Senate Clerk

Minor Role

Foreign Diplomat

Hoodlum

Senator Atwater

Boy Ranger

Butler

Minor Role

Assistant Bartender

Chorus Member

Photographer

Black Committeeman

Committeewoman (uncredited)

Reporter

Committeewoman

Rabbi

Shoe Salesman

Boy Ranger

Senator

Announcer

Foreign Diplomat

Minor Role

Minor Role

Committeewoman

Senate Reporter

Senate Reporter

Committeewoman

Senate Reporter

Paine's Friend

Senate Reporter

Senate Guard

House Boy

Boy Ranger

Jane Hopper

Narrator (uncredited)

James Stewart Jefferson Smith

Jack Carson Sweeney Farrell a Newsman (uncredited)

Ann Doran Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Mary Gordon Woman (uncredited)

Thomas Mitchell Diz Moore

Claude Rains Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine

John Russell Hopper Boy

Dub Taylor Reporter (uncredited)

Russell Simpson Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette Chick McGann

Gino Corrado Barber (uncredited)

Dorothy Comingore Woman at Station (uncredited)

H.V. Kaltenborn Himself, a Radio Broadcaster / Trailer Narrator

Hank Mann Photographer (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt Soapbox Speaker

Frederick Vroom Paine's Friend (uncredited)

Porter Hall Sen. Monroe

Beulah Bondi Ma Smith

William Demarest Bill Griffith

Robert Sterling Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Alec Craig Speaker

Charles Lane Nosey Newsman

Craig Stevens Senate Reporter

Vera Lewis Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale Senator Burdette

Guy Kibbee Gov. Hubert 'Happy' Hopper

Chester Conklin Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas Pompous Man

Jean Arthur Clarissa Saunders

Edward Arnold Jim Taylor

Harry Carey President of the Senate

Ruth Donnelly Emma Hopper

Grant Mitchell Sen. MacPherson

Pierre Watkin Sen. Barnes

Dick Elliott Carl Cook

Billy Watson Peter Hopper

Delmar Watson Jimmie Hopper

Harry Watson Hopper Boy

Garry Watson Hopper Boy (as Gary Watson)

Larry Simms Hopper Boy (as Baby Dumpling)

Dora Clement Mrs. McGann

Olaf Hytten Butler (uncredited)

George Chandler Reporter (uncredited)

H.B. Warner Senate Majority Leader

Robert Middlemass Second Radio Announcer

Helen Jerome Eddy Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs Mr. Edwards a Howling Citizen

Walter Soderling Senator Pickett

Arthur Loft Chief Clerk

Jack Rice Lang

Bobby Larson Boy Ranger

Stanley Andrews Senator Hodges (uncredited)

Edward Earle Reporter

Dave Willock Senate Guard

Edmund Cobb Senator Gower (uncredited)

Dickie Jones Pageboy Richard Jones (uncredited)

Frederick Burton Senator Dearhorn

Frances Gifford Hopper Girl (uncredited)

Joe Devlin Waiter

George Lloyd Hoodlum

Frank Jaquet Senator Byron

Joe King Summers a Newsman

John Ward Photographer

John Ince Senator Fernwick (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore Senator

Lloyd Whitlock Schultz a Newsman

Frank Puglia Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Walter Sande Newspaperman with Pipe

Eddie Kane Reporter

Lorna Gray Woman at Station

Byron Foulger Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)

John Tyrrell Undetermined Role

George McKay Reporter

Tommy Bupp Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting

James Millican Senate Reporter

Harry Hayden First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Douglas Evans Francis Scott Key

Evalyn Knapp Reporter Asking 'What Do You Think of the Girls in This Town...

Robert Emmett Keane Editor (uncredited)

William Newell Reporter

Matt McHugh Reporter (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict Senate Clerk (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Billy Wayne Reporter

Paul Kruger Bodyguard

Harry Depp Hat Salesman / Secretary

Astrid Allwyn Susan Paine

Landers Stevens Committeeman

Eddy Chandler Reporter

Layne Tom Jr. Boy Ranger

Al Bridge Senator Dwight (uncredited)

Maurice Cass Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Paul Stanton Flood a Newsman

Wade Boteler Family Man (uncredited)

Mary MacLaren Head Sister

Jack Gardner Reporter

Lester Dorr Taylor's Stooge

Frank O'Connor Senator Alfred

Hal Cooke Reporter

Lynton Brent Photographer

Lloyd Ingraham Committeeman (uncredited)

Max Waizmann Photographer

Sammy McKim Boy Ranger

Burr Caruth Townsend

Vernon Dent Senate Reporter

Bert Moorhouse Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

Lafe McKee Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial

Charles Sullivan Cab Driver

Harry Strang Bodyguard

Eddie Fetherston Senate Reporter

Donald Kerr Reporter

Larry Steers Committeeman

Laura Treadwell Mrs. Taylor

Blanche Payson Committeewoman

Allan Cavan Ragner a Newsman

Anne Cornwall Senate Reporter

Ben Taggart Pompous Man (uncredited)

Gene Morgan Reporter

Eric Mayne Man in Senate Building

Stanley Mack Senator (uncredited)

Jack Richardson Senator Manchester

Tom Quinn Senate Reporter

George Cooper Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Dudley Reporter

Johnny Russell Otis Hopper

John Dilson Secretary

Wyndham Standing Senator Ashman

Frank McLure Senator (uncredited)

Erville Alderson Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

Sam Ash Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor Senator Carlisle

Wilson Benge Hopper's Butler (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley Arthur Kim

Charles Regan Hoodlum

Harry Tenbrook Bodyguard

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Porter (uncredited)

William Worthington Committeeman

Howard M. Mitchell Shoe Salesman

Frank M. Thomas Hendricks

Frank Austin Inventor at Smith's Office Door (uncredited)

Gus Glassmire Angry Committee Member

Margaret Mann Nun with Cheering Orphan Boys

Charles R. Moore Porter

June Gittelson Woman at Station

Beatrice Curtis Paine's Secretary

Davison Clark Committeeman

Edwin August Senator (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough Assistant Bartender

Arthur Thalasso Doorman

Maurice Costello Diggs a Newsman (uncredited)

Robert Walker Senator Holland

Philip Hurlic Boy Ranger

Jack Egan Reporter

Jack Cooper Photographer

Philo McCullough Senator Albert

Georgia Caine Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)

Gladys Gale Committeewoman (uncredited)

Clyde Dilson Reporter

Richard Kipling Senator

Nick Copeland Senate Reporter

Lew Davis Senate Clerk

Henry Hebert Senator

Dick Jensen Hoodlum

Joe Palma Hoodlum

Florence Wix Committeewoman

Emma Tansey Committeewoman

Field Norton Pompous Man

William Arnold Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Otto Fisk

Georgie Cooper Committeewoman

Victor Travers Senator Grainger

Harry A. Bailey Senator Hammett (uncredited)

Eddie Coke Photographer

Neal Dodd Senate Chaplain

Tommy Baker Boy Ranger (uncredited)

John Lester Johnson Butler

Harry Burkhardt Senate Reporter

Wright Kramer Senator Carlton

Edward Biby Foreign Diplomat

Robert Morgan Senate Clerk

Spencer Quinn Minor Role

Alex Novinsky Foreign Diplomat

Jack Low Hoodlum

Harry Stafford Senator Atwater

Billy Lechner Boy Ranger

Edward Thomas Butler

Mitchell Ingraham Minor Role

Shirley Coates Assistant Bartender

Jack Lindquist Chorus Member

Jimmie Lucas Photographer

Jesse Graves Black Committeeman

Kathryn Bates Committeewoman (uncredited)

James McNamara Reporter

Eleanor Wood Committeewoman

P.H. Levy Rabbi

Howard M. Mitchell Shoe Salesman

Ray Nichols Boy Ranger

Fred Hoose Senator

Ken Carpenter Announcer

Count Stefenelli Foreign Diplomat

David Wade Minor Role

Richard Clucas Minor Role

Bess Wade Committeewoman

Ed Randolph Senate Reporter

Dulcie Day Senate Reporter

Jane Loofbourrow Committeewoman

Ed Brewer Senate Reporter

Wally Dean Paine's Friend

Mabel Forrest Senate Reporter

Roger Haliday Senate Guard

Wilfred Hari House Boy

Jackie Lowe Boy Ranger

Myonne Walsh Jane Hopper

Colin James Mackey Narrator (uncredited)

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Frank Capra

Director

Joseph Sistrom

Production Office Assistant

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Cary Odell

Assistant Art Director

Joseph Walker

Director of Photography

Editor

Story

Screenplay

Hairstylist

Art Direction

Second Unit

Music

Costume Design

Music Director

Set Designer

Sound Engineer

Still Photographer

Special Effects

Additional Dialogue

Assistant Director

Editor

Assistant Director

Music

Visual Effects

Makeup Artist

Assistant Director

Set Dressing Artist

Supervising Sound Editor

Faye Hanlin

Hairstylist

William Knight

Makeup Artist

Frank Capra Director

Joseph Sistrom Production Office Assistant

Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer

Cary Odell Assistant Art Director

Joseph Walker Director of Photography

Gene Havlick Editor

Lewis R. Foster Story

Sidney Buchman Screenplay

Helen Hunt Hairstylist

Lionel Banks Art Direction

Charles Vidor Second Unit

Ben Oakland Music

Robert Kalloch Costume Design

Morris Stoloff Music Director

Walter Holscher Set Designer

Edward Bernds Sound Engineer

Irving Lippman Still Photographer

Fred Jackman Jr. Special Effects

Myles Connolly Additional Dialogue

Richard McWhorter Assistant Director

Al Clark Editor

Rex Bailey Assistant Director

R. H. Bassett Music

Slavko Vorkapich Visual Effects

Fred B. Phillips Makeup Artist

Arthur S. Black Jr. Assistant Director

George Montgomery Set Dressing Artist

John P. Livadary Supervising Sound Editor

Faye Hanlin Hairstylist

William Knight Makeup Artist

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

2h 9min | Comedy, Drama | Oct 19, 1939 | Released

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