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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
129 minutes
AFI Top 100 / Classic / Drama
Directed by Frank Capra
Cast:
Jean Arthur as Clarissa Saunders
James Stewart as Jefferson Smith
Claude Rains as Senator Joseph Harrison Paine
Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee as Gov. Hubert Hopper
Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi as Ma Smith
H.B. Warner as Senate Majority Leader, Agnew
Harry Carey as President of the Senate, Henry
Astrid Allwyn as Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. Emma Hopper
Grant Mitchell as Senator MacPherson
Porter Hall as Senator Martin Monroe
Pierre Watkin as Senate Minority Leader, Barnes
Impractical Jefferson Smith is the conductor of the Boy Rangers and is chosen as a prank by the devious governor. He joins Senator Joseph Paine, the running presidential candidate in Washington. Smith quickly realizes the many imperfections of politics when he intertwines in a dissension with Jim Taylor, the state political boss. Taylor attempts to contaminate Smith and then tries to ruin Smith with defamation.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington trailer
Directors: Frank Capra
Actors: Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Porter Hall, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Claude Rains, James Stewart
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