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Mr Smith Goes to Washington

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his c...

Director

Frank Capra

Year

Genre

Box Office

$144,738

Production

Columbia Pictures

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 16 nominations total

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Saunders

Jefferson Smith

Senator Joseph Paine

Jim Taylor

Governor Hopper

Diz Moore

Thomas Mitchell

Chick McGann

Eugene Pallette

Ma Smith

Senate Majority Leader

President of the Senate

Susan Paine

Mrs. Hopper

Senator MacPherson

Senator Monroe

H.V. Kaltenborn

H.V. Kaltenborn

Nosey

Senate Minority Leader

Carl Cook

Bill Griffith

William Demarest

Hopper Boy

Hopper Boy

Hopper Boy

Hopper Boy (as Baby Dumpling)

Hopper Boy (as Gary Watson)

Handwriting Expert

Erville Alderson

Hoodlum

Senator Hodges

Stanley Andrews

Reporter

Senator Lancaster

Senator

Inventor at Smith's Office Door

Senator Hammett

Harry A. Bailey

Boy Ranger

Committeewoman

Senate Clerk

Brooks Benedict

Hopper's Butler

Foreign Diplomat

Family Man

Arthur Kim

Harry C. Bradley

Photographer

Senate Reporter

Senator Dwight

Mr. Edwards - Howling Citizen

Newspaper employee

Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting

Senate Reporter

Harry Burkhardt

Senator Dearhorn

Frederick Burton

Third Radio Speaker

Announcer

Sweeney Farrell - Newsman

Townsend

Handwriting Expert

Ragner - Newsman

Reporter

Reporter

George Chandler

Committeeman

Mrs. McGann

Minor Role

Assistant Bartender

Senator Gower

Photographer

Woman at Station

Dorothy Comingore

Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery

Chester Conklin

Reporter

Waiter

Committeewoman

Photographer

Senate Reporter

Senate Reporter

Barber

Diggs - Newsman

Maurice Costello

Speaker

Paine's Secretary

Beatrice Curtis

Senate Clerk

Senate Reporter

Paine's Friend

Senate Reporter

Hat Salesman / Secretary

Waiter

Reporter

Secretary

Senate Chaplain

Paine's Secretary

Taylor's Stooge

Reporter

Reporter

Paine's Secretary

Helen Jerome Eddy

Reporter

Francis Scott Key

Senate Reporter

Eddie Fetherston

Senate Reporter

Hopper's Secretary

Committeewoman

Reporter

Hopper Girl

Frances Gifford

Woman at Station

Angry committee member

Woman

Black Committeeman

Woman at Station

Senate Guard

Senator in final scene

House Boy

First Radio Announcer

Senator

Soapbox Speaker

Louis Jean Heydt

Senator

Boy Ranger

Butler

Senator Fernwick

Committeeman

Minor Role

Mitchell Ingraham

Senator Byron

Hoodlum

Butler

John Lester Johnson

Pageboy Richard Jones

Reporter

Editor

Robert Emmett Keane

Reporter

Senate Reporter

Summers - newsman

Senator

Richard Kipling

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

Senator Carlton

Bodyguard

Boy Ranger

Boy Ranger

Rabbi

Mrs. Edwards

Chorus Member

Hoodlum

Chief Clerk

Committeewoman

Jane Loofbourrow

Hoodlum

Boy Ranger

Photographer

Pompous Man

Senator

Head Sister

Photographer

Nun with Cheering Orphan Boys

Reporter

Man in Senate Building

Senator Albert

Philo McCullough

Assistant Bartender

Ralph McCullough

Reporter

Reporter

Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial

Boy Ranger

Senator

Reporter

Second Radio Announcer

Robert Middlemass

Senate Reporter

Shoe Salesman

Howard M. Mitchell

Porter

Charles R. Moore

Man in Senate Building

Reporter

Senate Clerk

Senator Fuller

Edmund Mortimer

Reporter

Boy Ranger

Pompous Man

Foreign Diplomat

Senator Alfred

Fisk

Hoodlum

Committeewoman

Handwriting Expert

Minor Role

Senate Reporter

Senate Reporter

Hoodlum

Lang

Senator Manchester

Jack Richardson

Senator

Henry Roquemore

Otis Hopper

Newspaperman with Pipe

Kenneth Allen

Russell Simpson

Senator Pickett

Walter Soderling

Senator Atwater

Senator Ashman

Wyndham Standing

Flood - Newsman

Committeeman

Foreign Diplomat

Count Stefenelli

Senate Reporter

Robert Sterling

Senate Reporter

Committeeman

Landers Stevens

Senator Burdette

Bodyguard

Cab Driver

Charles Sullivan

Pompous Man

Committeewoman

Reporter

Senator Carlisle

Bodyguard

Doorman

Arthur Thalasso

Butler

Hendricks

Frank M. Thomas

Boy Ranger

Porter

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Senator Grainger

Mrs. Taylor

Laura Treadwell

Undetermined Role

Paine's Friend

Frederick Vroom

Committeewoman

Minor Role

Photographer

Senator Holland

Jane Hopper

Photographer

Reporter

Schultz - Newsman

Senate Guard

Committeewoman

Committeewoman

Committeeman

William Worthington

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Jefferson Smith Jimmie Hopper Clarissa Saunders Senator Joseph Paine President Of Senate Diz Moore James Taylor Ma Smith Senate Minority Leader, Barnes Pageboy Richard Jones Flood - Newsman Sweeney Farrell - Newsman Nosey Chick Mcgann Governor Hopper Mrs. Hopper Summers - Newsman Bill Griffith

Or I'm crazy - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I always get a great kick out of that part of the Declaration of Independence - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I always get a great kick out of that part of the...

Suppose we don't try to go through with this Dam - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Suppose we don't try to go through with this Dam

Horace Miller - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

If I throw a party man - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

If I throw a party man

Your political future - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Your political future

Forgive my ignorance but I don't know him from a hole in the ground - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Forgive my ignorance but I don't know him from a hole...

That settles it - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

That settles it

Good evening. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

A Boy Ranger - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Turn the ballyhoo boys loose - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Turn the ballyhoo boys loose

And how did your governor
confer that honor? - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

And how did your governor confer that honor?

It is in that spirit
that we're here tonight... - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

It is in that spirit that we're here tonight...

It is in that spirit that we gather here tonight - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

It is in that spirit that we gather here tonight

I don't think I'll be much help to you
down there in Washington, senator. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I don't think I'll be much help to you down there ...

I can promise you one thing - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I can promise you one thing

When a fellow bucks up against a big organization like that - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

When a fellow bucks up against a big organization like that

Welcome The wildlife here is different from what you're used to - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Welcome The wildlife here is different from what you're...

Things sure happen fast around here - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Things sure happen fast around here

Where is he - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What do you think - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What do you think

Eight to five - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

When Foley died - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

When Foley died

I I I don't think I've ever been so thrilled in my whole life - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I I I don't think I've ever been so thrilled in my...

This is my office? - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

This is my office?

I'll see you later - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I'll see you later

I'm still asking myself - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I'm still asking myself

What do I mean - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What do you think of the girls in this town - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What do you think of the girls in this town

How'd it happen - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

How'd it happen

When I came here - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

When I came here

This is it, senator. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

This is it, senator.

Daniel Webster used to use it - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Daniel Webster used to use it

This is Daniel Webster's desk - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

This is Daniel Webster's desk

The Senate will come to order. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

The Senate will come to order.

Don't worry about the others they're just senators - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Don't worry about the others they're just senators

- Hello, Nosey. Who let you in here?
- Why aren't you chasing ambulances? - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

- Hello, Nosey. Who let you in here? - Why aren't you c...

Have a drink - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

They're right - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Gee, I'm sorry. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Gee, I'm sorry.

Senator Samuel Foley - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Senator Samuel Foley

I see that - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

You're bill is ready - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

You're bill is ready

You see boys forget what their country means - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

You see boys forget what their country means

Miss Saunders - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

My Dad had the right idea - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

My Dad had the right idea

It hasn't been easy - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

It hasn't been easy

Everybody just calls you plain Saunders - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Everybody just calls you plain Saunders

What did you get me outta bed for - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What did you get me outta bed for

The chair recognizes the rather
strong-lunged junior senator... - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

The chair recognizes the rather strong-lunged junior senator...

- Excuse me.
- Beg pardon. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

- Excuse me. - Beg pardon.

Sicking that horrible dame on him when he's goofy about her - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Sicking that horrible dame on him when he's goofy...

She may be the next First Lady of the land - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

She may be the next First Lady of the land

Do you know how I felt - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Do you know how I felt

What do you want? - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What do you want?

Thank you - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Deficiency Bill - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Deficiency Bill

Hey! This way. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Doggone it - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I wouldn't trust you to lick a postage stamp - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I wouldn't trust you to lick a postage stamp

It's just that I like the kid. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

It's just that I like the kid.

I'm glad you came to your senses - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I'm glad you came to your senses

This is a man's world - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

This is a man's world

I know how you feel - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I know how you feel

The Committee is ready
to hear you now, Senator Smith. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

The Committee is ready to hear you now, Senator Smith.

Keep your seats, gentlemen! - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Keep your seats, gentlemen!

What do you expect me to do - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What do you expect me to do

Where can we get a drink - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Where can we get a drink

Mr. Dearborn. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

That guy's batty. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

That guy's batty.

That guy's batty - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

That guy's batty

Is this some of your shenanigan? - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Is this some of your shenanigan?

What's the matter - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

What's the matter

Senator Smith - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I wish to ask my distinguished colleague - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

I wish to ask my distinguished colleague

Order, gentlemen! - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Order, gentlemen!

Well, Mr. President,
we seem to be alone. - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Well, Mr. President, we seem to be alone.

We seem to be alone - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

We seem to be alone

In protest - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

He'll never get started - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

He'll never get started

Get the hoi polloi excited - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Get the hoi polloi excited

This filibuster is a cowardly attempt
to turn your attention... - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

This filibuster is a cowardly attempt to turn your attention...

Stop havin' kittens - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Stop havin' kittens

This is H V Coltenborn speaking - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

This is H V Coltenborn speaking

This is H - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Behind them - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Fellows forget about it - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Fellows forget about it

Mr. President,
what happens in the morning... - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. President, what happens in the morning...

As I was saying, gentlemen... - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

As I was saying, gentlemen...

Is the senator yielding the floor? - Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Is the senator yielding the floor?

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A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his c...

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Director: Frank Capra

Writer: Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster, Myles Connolly

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1939

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $144,738

Released: 19 Oct 1939

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 16 nominations total

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