Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert "Happy" Hopper (Guy Kibbee), has to pick a replacement for the recently deceased U.S. Senator Sam Foley. His corrupt political boss, Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), pressures Hopper to choose his handpicked stooge, while popular committees want a reformer, Henry Hill. The governor's children want him to select Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), the head of the Boy Rangers. Unable to make up his mind between Taylor's stooge and the reformer, Hopper decides to flip a coin. When it lands on edge – and next to a newspaper story on one of Smith's accomplishments – he chooses Smith, calculating that his wholesome image will please the people. At the same time, his naïveté will make him easy to manipulate.

MPAA Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Country:United States
Produced By:Frank Capra
Directed By:Frank Capra
Written By:Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster, Myles Connolly
Cast:Max Waizmann, Ferris Taylor, Lloyd Whitlock, Ken Carpenter, Charles R. Moore, H.B. Warner, Thomas Mitchell, John Russell, Dickie Jones, Paul Kruger, Lew Davis, Jimmie Lucas, Tom Quinn, Eugene Pallette, Cliff Hall, Ed Randolph, Blanche Payson, Florence Wix, Harry Depp, Edward Thomas, Robert Dudley, Gus Glassmire, Ruth Donnelly, Ray Nichols, Edwin August, Harry Watson, Allan Cavan, Stanley Andrews, Spencer Quinn, Frank O'Connor, Clyde Dilson, Philip Hurlic, Joe King, Maurice Cass, Frances Gifford, William Demarest, Alex Novinsky, William Worthington, Wyndham Standing, Wade Boteler, Lorna Gray, Jack Cooper, Erville Alderson, Davison Clark, Wright Kramer, Henry Roquemore, James Stewart, Eddy Chandler, Harlan Briggs, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Alec Craig, Byron Foulger, Matt McHugh, Thomas Martin, Dave Willock, Harry Strang, Richard Kipling, Jane Loofbourrow, Sammy McKim, Mitchell Ingraham, Gene Morgan, Edmund Cobb, Pierre Watkin, Frank Jaquet, John Ward, Harry Carey, Harry Burkhardt, Bobby Larson, Mary Gordon, Walter Soderling, Shirley Coates, Dick Jensen, Charles Regan, Al Bridge, Wilfred Lucas, Edward Biby, Jack Richardson, Lafe McKee, Porter Hall, Ann Doran, Anne Cornwall, Frank Austin, Douglas Evans, Charles Lane, Eric Mayne, Georgia Caine, William Arnold, Harry Stafford, Fred Hoose, Roger Haliday, Ben Taggart, Harry Hayden, Neal Dodd, Robert Sterling, Billy Watson, Astrid Allwyn, Delmar Watson, John Dilson, James McNamara, Jesse Graves, Richard Clucas, Sam Ash, Frank M. Thomas, Evalyn Knapp, Grant Mitchell, Edward Earle, Robert Middlemass, Jack Egan, Mary MacLaren, George Cooper, Helen Jerome Eddy, Jack Carson, Donald Kerr, Dick Elliott, Vernon Dent, Dorothy Comingore, Nick Copeland, Tommy Baker, Robert Walker, Dora Clement, June Gittelson, Harry Anderson, Lloyd Ingraham, Edward Arnold, Milton Kibbee, John Tyrrell, Gladys Gale, Eddie Kane, Wilfred Hari, Charles Sullivan, Emma Tansey, Robert Emmett Keane, Billy Wayne, Larry Simms, James Millican, Lester Dorr, Howard M. Mitchell, Jack Low, Henry Hebert, Johnny Russell, William Newell, Layne Tom Jr., George McKay, Harry C. Bradley, Jack Lindquist, Russell Simpson, Craig Stevens, Joe Palma, John Ince, Frederick Vroom, Frank Otto, Victor Travers, Jack Rice, Beulah Bondi, Louis Jean Heydt, Bert Moorhouse, Beatrice Curtis, Burr Caruth, Kathryn Bates, Claude Rains, Lynton Brent, Philo McCullough, Stanley Mack, Guy Kibbee, Paul Stanton, Dulcie Day, H.V. Kaltenborn, Frank Puglia, Mabel Forrest, Vera Lewis, Carl Stockdale, Ralph McCullough, Joe Devlin, Arthur Loft, Edmund Mortimer, Frederick Burton, John Lester Johnson, Field Norton, Dub Taylor, Harry Tenbrook, Hank Mann, Jack Gardner, George Lloyd, Georgie Cooper, Garry Watson, Jean Arthur, Tommy Bupp, Billy Lechner, George Chandler, Laura Treadwell, Robert Morgan, Larry Steers, Wally Dean, Eddie Fetherston, Frank McLure, Hal Cooke, Margaret Mann, Brooks Benedict, Eddie Coke, Harry A. Bailey, Gino Corrado, P.H. Levy, Walter Sande, Maurice Costello, Chester Conklin
In Theaters:Oct 19, 1939
Runtime:2 hours 9 minutes
Production:Columbia Pictures
Budget:$1,900,000
Box Office:$144,738
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