James Stewart
Jefferson Smith
Tagline
Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!
Overview
After 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.
Director
Frank Capra
Screenplay
Sidney Buchman
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Status
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Budget
$1,500,000.00
Revenue
$9,600,000.00
Original Language
English
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Cast
Jean Arthur
Clarissa Saunde...
Claude Rains
Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold
Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee
Governor Hopper
Thomas Mitchell
Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette
Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi
Ma Smith
H.B. Warner
Senate Majority...
Harry Carey
President of th...
Astrid Allwyn
Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly
Emma Hopper
Grant Mitchell
Senator MacPher...
Porter Hall
Senator Monroe
Pierre Watkin
Senator Barnes
Charles Lane
Nosey
William Demarest
Bill Griffith
Dick Elliott
Carl Cook
Billy Watson
Peter Hopper
Delmar Watson
Jimmie Hopper
John Russell
Hopper Boy
Harry Watson
Hopper Boy
Garry Watson
Hopper Boy
Larry Simms
Hopper Boy
H.V. Kaltenborn
Radio Broadcast...
Russell Simpson
Kenneth Allen (...
Frances Gifford
Hopper Girl (un...
Colin James Mack...
Narrator (uncre...
Wilson Benge
Hopper's Butler...
Dickie Jones
Richard Jones (...
Erville Alderson
Handwriting Exp...
Frank Puglia
Handwriting Exp...
Maurice Cass
Handwriting Exp...
Stanley Andrews
Senator Hodges ...
Al Bridge
Senator Dwight ...
Edwin August
Senator (uncred...
Edmund Cobb
Senator Gower (...
Sam Ash
Senator Lancast...
Harry A. Bailey
Senator Hammett...
Stanley Mack
Senator (uncred...
Brooks Benedict
Senate Clerk (u...
Wade Boteler
Family Man (unc...
Dorothy Comingor...
Woman at Statio...
Chester Conklin
Reporter (uncre...
Gino Corrado
Barber (uncredi...
Ann Doran
Paine's Secreta...
Robert Emmett Ke...
Editor (uncredi...
Matt McHugh
Reporter (uncre...
Kathryn Bates
Committeewoman ...
Frank Austin
Inventor (uncre...
William Arnold
Reporter (uncre...
Tommy Baker
Boy Ranger (unc...
Robert Sterling
Senate Reporter...
Dub Taylor
Reporter (uncre...
George Chandler
Reporter (uncre...
Fred 'Snowflake'...
Porter (uncredi...
Jack Carson
Sweeney Farrell...
Tommy Bupp
Cheering Boy (u...
Dora Clement
Mrs. McGann (un...
Bert Moorhouse
Man in Senate B...
Harry C. Bradley
Arthur Kim (unc...
Lynton Brent
Photographer (u...
Ed Brewer
Senate Reporter...
Harlan Briggs
Mr. Edwards (un...
Harry Burkhardt
Senate Reporter...
Frederick Burton
Senator Dearhor...
Georgia Caine
Third Radio Spe...
Ken Carpenter
Announcer (uncr...
Burr Caruth
Townsend (uncre...
Allan Cavan
Ragner (uncredi...
Eddy Chandler
Reporter (uncre...
Davison Clark
Committeeman (u...
Richard Clucas
(uncredited)
Shirley Coates
Assistant Barte...
Eddie Coke
Photographer (u...
Hal Cooke
Reporter (uncre...
Alec Craig
Speaker (uncred...
Anne Cornwall
Senate Reporter...
George Cooper
Waiter (uncredi...
Georgie Cooper
Committeewoman ...
Jack Cooper
Photographer (u...
Nick Copeland
Senate Reporter...
Vernon Dent
Senate Reporter...
Maurice Costello
Diggs (uncredit...
Beatrice Curtis
Paine's Secreta...
Lew Davis
Senate Clerk (u...
Dulcie Day
Senate Reporter...
Wally Dean
Paine's Friend ...
Harry Depp
Hat Salesman / ...
Byron Foulger
Hopper's Secret...
Helen Jerome Edd...
Paine's Secreta...
Douglas Evans
Francis Scott K...
Joe Devlin
Waiter (uncredi...
Clyde Dilson
Reporter (uncre...
John Dilson
Secretary (uncr...
Neal Dodd
Senate Chaplain...
Lester Dorr
Taylor's Stooge...
Robert Dudley
Reporter (uncre...
Edward Earle
Reporter (uncre...
Jack Egan
Reporter (uncre...
Eddie Fetherston
Senate Reporter...
Mabel Forrest
Senate Reporter...
Gladys Gale
Committeewoman ...
Jack Gardner
Reporter (uncre...
Mary Gordon
Woman (uncredit...
June Gittelson
Woman at Statio...
Lorna Gray
Woman at Statio...
Harry Hayden
First Radio Ann...
Louis Jean Heydt
Soapbox Speaker...
John Ince
Senator Fernwic...
Frank Jaquet
Senator Byron (...
Philo McCullough
Senator Albert ...
Wright Kramer
Senator Carlton...
Henry Hebert
Senator (uncred...
Fred Hoose
Senator (uncred...
Richard Kipling
Senator (uncred...
Roger Haliday
Senate Guard (u...
Wilfred Hari
House Boy (uncr...
Philip Hurlic
Boy Ranger (unc...
Olaf Hytten
Butler (uncredi...
Lloyd Ingraham
Committeeman (u...
Mitchell Ingraha...
(uncredited)
Dick Jensen
Hoodlum (uncred...
John Lester John...
Butler (uncredi...
Eddie Kane
Reporter (uncre...
Donald Kerr
Reporter (uncre...
Milton Kibbee
Senate Reporter...
Joe King
Summers (uncre...
Evalyn Knapp
Reporter (uncre...
Paul Kruger
Bodyguard (uncr...
Bobby Larson
Boy Ranger (unc...
Billy Lechner
Boy Ranger (unc...
Jackie Lowe
Boy Ranger (unc...
P.H. Levy
Rabbi (uncredit...
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Edwards (u...
Jack Lindquist
Chorus Member (...
George Lloyd
Hoodlum (uncred...
Arthur Loft
Chief Clerk (un...
Jack Low
Hoodlum (uncred...
Jimmie Lucas
Photographer (u...
Mary MacLaren
Head Sister (un...
Hank Mann
Photographer (u...
Margaret Mann
Nun (uncredited...
Eric Mayne
Man in Senate B...
Ralph McCullough
Assistant Barte...
George McKay
Reporter (uncre...
Lafe McKee
Veteran at Linc...
Ben Taggart
Pompous Man (un...
Field Norton
Pompous Man (un...
Wilfred Lucas
Pompous Man (un...
Sammy McKim
Boy Ranger (unc...
James McNamara
Reporter (uncre...
William Newell
Reporter (uncre...
Robert Middlemas...
Radio Announcer...
James Millican
Senate Reporter...
Howard M. Mitche...
Shoe Salesman (...
Charles R. Moore
Porter (uncredi...
Gene Morgan
Reporter (uncre...
Robert Morgan
Senate Clerk (u...
Ray Nichols
Boy Ranger (unc...
Alex Novinsky
Foreign Diploma...
Frank O'Connor
Senator Alfred ...
Frank Otto
Fisk (uncredite...
Joe Palma
Hoodlum (uncred...
Spencer Quinn
(uncredited)
Tom Quinn
Senate Reporter...
Ed Randolph
Senate Reporter...
Charles Regan
Hoodlum (uncred...
Jack Rice
Lang (uncredite...
Wyndham Standing
Senator Ashman ...
Ferris Taylor
Senator Carlisl...
Jack Richardson
Senator Manches...
Walter Soderling
Senator Pickett...
Harry Stafford
Senator Atwater...
Victor Travis
Senator Grainge...
Carl Stockdale
Senator Burdett...
Bob Walker
Senator Holland...
Henry Roquemore
Senator (uncred...
Craig Stevens
Senate Reporter...
Paul Stanton
Flood a Newsman...
Johnny Russell
Otis Hopper (un...
Walter Sande
Newspaperman wi...
Frank M. Thomas
Hendricks (uncr...
Harry Strang
Bodyguard (uncr...
Harry Tenbrook
Bodyguard (uncr...
Dave Willock
Senate Guard (u...
Lloyd Whitlock
Schultz (uncre...
John Tyrrell
(uncredited)
Frederick Vroom
Paine's Friend ...
Charles Sullivan
Cab Driver (unc...
Arthur Thalasso
Doorman (uncred...
Edward Thomas
Butler (uncredi...
Laura Treadwell
Mrs. Taylor (un...
Layne Tom Jr.
Boy Ranger (unc...
Myonne Walsh
Jane Hopper (un...
Billy Wayne
Reporter (uncre...
Max Waizmann
Photographer (u...
John Ward
Photographer (u...
Jane Loofbourrow
Committeewoman ...
Blanche Payson
Committeewoman ...
Emma Tansey
Committeewoman ...
Bess Wade
Committeewoman ...
Florence Wix
Committeewoman ...
Eleanor Wood
Committeewoman ...
Jesse Graves
Black Committee...
Gus Glassmire
Angry Committee...
Larry Steers
Committeeman (u...
Landers Stevens
Committeeman (u...
William Worthing...
Committeeman (u...
Edward Biby
Foreign Diploma...
Count Stefenelli
Foreign Diploma...
David Wade
(uncredited)
Frank McLure
Senator (uncred...
Featured Reviews
Fun movie with an interesting story and characters but with an extremely naïve ending. In any case, I must to be seen by Frank Capra and a young James Stewart.
There's an interview somewhere with Bette Davis enthusing about the skills of Claude Rains, and I think this is an example of just what she meant. He is the established senator ("Paine") who has taken ...Show More
**A strangely current film that, using comedy, shows us well the problems that affect our democratic system.** I only discovered this film a few days ago. It is quite evident that it has fallen int ...Show More
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