Directed by:
Frank CapraScreenplay:
Sidney BuchmanCinematography:
Joseph WalkerComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi, H.B. Warner, Harry Carey, Astrid Allwyn (more)VOD (3)
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Frank Capra's much-loved political parable staring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, is a classic of American cinema. When a Wisconsin senator dies, patriotic boy scout leader Jefferson Smith is appointed his successor. Smith's appointment comes at the suggestion of crooked political strategist Jim Taylor who needs a "yes man" in the office -- and the innocent starry-eyed Smith's considered too naive to suspect foul play. But Smith's savvy secretary Saunders knows the whys and wherefores, the ins and outs of the Beltway. She gives Jeff the info he needs to go head-to-head with corrupt senator Joseph Paine, champion forgotten causes and fight for good old American values. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ann Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505278_4186c0.jpg)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
![Dorothy Comingore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871854_5d3f94.jpg)
Dorothy Comingore
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Golden Boy (1939)
![Evalyn Knapp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359196_1c0c9e.jpg)
Evalyn Knapp
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Smart Money (1931)
![Lorna Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444387_8891e7.jpg)
Lorna Gray
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
![Craig Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436942_3d227f.jpg)
Craig Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
![John Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/561/161561180_757d6a.jpg)
John Russell
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
![Chester Conklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812453_3bbd67.jpg)
Chester Conklin
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Dave Willock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000079_4177bc.gif)
Dave Willock
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
![Robert Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779999_7ef645.jpg)
Robert Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Johnny Eager (1941)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Porter Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893463_1ddb08.jpg)
Porter Hall
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Walter Sande](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000230_9e33e2.jpg)
Walter Sande
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Philo McCullough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228285_5b57ea.jpg)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Mary Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712161_95d5f1.jpg)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
![George Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948792_6060c4.jpg)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Edmund Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505377_72c895.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Lafe McKee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505381_7193ea.jpg)
Lafe McKee
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Meet John Doe (1941)