Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Acted in
James Stewart
as Jefferson Smith
Jean Arthur
as Clarissa Saunders
Claude Rains
as Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold
as Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee
as Governor Hopper
Thomas Mitchell
as Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette
as Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi
as Ma Smith
H.B. Warner
as Senate Majority Leader
Harry Carey
as President of the Senate
Astrid Allwyn
as Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly
as Emma Hopper
Grant Mitchell
as Senator MacPherson
Porter Hall
as Senator Monroe
Pierre Watkin
as Senator Barnes
Charles Lane
as Nosey
William Demarest
as Bill Griffith
Dick Elliott
as Carl Cook
Billy Watson
as Peter Hopper
Delmar Watson
as Jimmie Hopper
John Russell
as Hopper Boy
Harry Watson
as Hopper Boy
Garry Watson
as Hopper Boy
Larry Simms
as Hopper Boy
H.V. Kaltenborn
as Radio Broadcaster
Russell Simpson
as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
Frances Gifford
as Hopper Girl (uncredited)
Colin James Mackey
as Narrator (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
as Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
as Richard Jones (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Senator Hodges (uncredited)
Al Bridge
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Edwin August
as Senator (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Senator Gower (uncredited)
Sam Ash
as Senator Lancaster (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
as Senator Hammett (uncredited)
Stanley Mack
as Senator (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Family Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore
as Woman at Station (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
as Reporter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Barber (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
as Editor (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
as Reporter (uncredited)
Kathryn Bates
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Frank Austin
as Inventor (uncredited)
William Arnold
as Reporter (uncredited)
Tommy Baker
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
as Reporter (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Reporter (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Porter (uncredited)
Jack Carson
as Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp
as Cheering Boy (uncredited)
Dora Clement
as Mrs. McGann (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Arthur Kim (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
as Photographer (uncredited)
Ed Brewer
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
as Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
Harry Burkhardt
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Frederick Burton
as Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
as Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)
Ken Carpenter
as Announcer (uncredited)
Burr Caruth
as Townsend (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
as Ragner (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Reporter (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Committeeman (uncredited)
Richard Clucas
as (uncredited)
Shirley Coates
as Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Eddie Coke
as Photographer (uncredited)
Hal Cooke
as Reporter (uncredited)
Alec Craig
as Speaker (uncredited)
Anne Cornwall
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Waiter (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Jack Cooper
as Photographer (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Diggs (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Lew Davis
as Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Dulcie Day
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Wally Dean
as Paine's Friend (uncredited)
Harry Depp
as Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
as Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Waiter (uncredited)
Clyde Dilson
as Reporter (uncredited)
John Dilson
as Secretary (uncredited)
Neal Dodd
as Senate Chaplain (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
as Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Egan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Mabel Forrest
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Gladys Gale
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
as Woman (uncredited)
June Gittelson
as Woman at Station (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
as Woman at Station (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
as First Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
as Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)
John Ince
as Senator Fernwick (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
as Senator Byron (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Senator Albert (uncredited)
Wright Kramer
as Senator Carlton (uncredited)
Henry Hebert
as Senator (uncredited)
Fred Hoose
as Senator (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
as Senator (uncredited)
Roger Haliday
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
Wilfred Hari
as House Boy (uncredited)
Philip Hurlic
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
as Butler (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
as Committeeman (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
as (uncredited)
Dick Jensen
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson
as Butler (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
as Reporter (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Reporter (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Joe King
as Summers (uncredited)
Evalyn Knapp
as Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Bobby Larson
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Billy Lechner
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Jackie Lowe
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
P.H. Levy
as Rabbi (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Jack Lindquist
as Chorus Member (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
as Chief Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Low
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas
as Photographer (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
as Head Sister (uncredited)
Hank Mann
as Photographer (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
as Nun (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
as Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
George McKay
as Reporter (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
Field Norton
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
Sammy McKim
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
James McNamara
as Reporter (uncredited)
William Newell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass
as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
James Millican
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
as Porter (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Morgan
as Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Ray Nichols
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Alex Novinsky
as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Senator Alfred (uncredited)
Frank Otto
as Fisk (uncredited)
Joe Palma
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
Spencer Quinn
as (uncredited)
Tom Quinn
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Ed Randolph
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Regan
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
Jack Rice
as Lang (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
as Senator Ashman (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
as Senator Carlisle (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
as Senator Manchester (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
as Senator Pickett (uncredited)
Harry Stafford
as Senator Atwater (uncredited)
Victor Travis
as Senator Grainger (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
as Senator Burdette (uncredited)
Bob Walker
as Senator Holland (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
as Senator (uncredited)
Craig Stevens
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
as Flood a Newsman (uncredited)
Johnny Russell
as Otis Hopper (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)
Frank M. Thomas
as Hendricks (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Dave Willock
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
as Schultz (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as (uncredited)
Frederick Vroom
as Paine's Friend (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Arthur Thalasso
as Doorman (uncredited)
Edward Thomas
as Butler (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell
as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
Layne Tom Jr.
as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Myonne Walsh
as Jane Hopper (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
as Reporter (uncredited)
Max Waizmann
as Photographer (uncredited)
John Ward
as Photographer (uncredited)
Jane Loofbourrow
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Emma Tansey
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Bess Wade
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Eleanor Wood
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
as Black Committeeman (uncredited)
Gus Glassmire
as Angry Committee Member (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Committeeman (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
as Committeeman (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Committeeman (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli
as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
David Wade
as (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Senator (uncredited)