Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Comedy Drama

Storyline: 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.

Release Date: 1939-10-19

Original Language: en

Original Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Status: Released

Runtime: 129 minutes

TagLine: Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

Rating: (1090 votes)

Budget: $1,500,000

Revenue: $9,600,000

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

Spoken Languages: English

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James Stewart

James Stewart (Jefferson Smith)

60.79%

Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur (Clarissa Saunders)

26.19%

Claude Rains

Claude Rains (Joseph Paine)

29.23%

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold (Jim Taylor)

25.67%

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee (Governor Hopper)

25.29%

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell (Diz Moore)

31.98%

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette (Chick McGann)

23.42%

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi (Ma Smith)

26.10%

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner (Senate Majority Leader)

28.25%

Harry Carey

Harry Carey (President of the Senate)

31.05%

Astrid Allwyn

Astrid Allwyn (Susan Paine)

16.11%

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly (Emma Hopper)

18.22%

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell (Senator MacPherson)

20.20%

Porter Hall

Porter Hall (Senator Monroe)

21.60%

Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin (Senator Barnes)

16.05%

Charles Lane

Charles Lane (Nosey)

27.82%

William Demarest

William Demarest (Bill Griffith)

25.47%

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott (Carl Cook)

19.87%

Billy Watson

Billy Watson (Peter Hopper)

5.59%

Delmar Watson

Delmar Watson (Jimmie Hopper)

11.85%

John Russell

John Russell (Hopper Boy)

10.03%

Harry Watson

Harry Watson (Hopper Boy)

3.89%

Garry Watson

Garry Watson (Hopper Boy)

1.93%

Larry Simms

Larry Simms (Hopper Boy)

18.54%

H.V. Kaltenborn

H.V. Kaltenborn (Radio Broadcaster)

2.90%

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson (Kenneth Allen (uncredited))

5.29%

Frances Gifford

Frances Gifford (Hopper Girl (uncredited))

14.76%

Colin James Mackey

Colin James Mackey (Narrator (uncredited))

1.00%

Wilson Benge

Wilson Benge (Hopper's Butler (uncredited))

12.95%

Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones (Richard Jones (uncredited))

18.87%

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson (Handwriting Expert (uncredited))

17.29%

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia (Handwriting Expert (uncredited))

22.32%

Maurice Cass

Maurice Cass (Handwriting Expert (uncredited))

13.47%

Stanley Andrews

Stanley Andrews (Senator Hodges (uncredited))

21.01%

Al Bridge

Al Bridge (Senator Dwight (uncredited))

21.35%

Edwin August

Edwin August (Senator (uncredited))

10.47%

Edmund Cobb

Edmund Cobb (Senator Gower (uncredited))

21.41%

Sam Ash

Sam Ash (Senator Lancaster (uncredited))

17.75%

Harry A. Bailey

Harry A. Bailey (Senator Hammett (uncredited))

6.70%

Stanley Mack

Stanley Mack (Senator (uncredited))

5.90%

Brooks Benedict

Brooks Benedict (Senate Clerk (uncredited))

21.31%

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler (Family Man (uncredited))

20.33%

Dorothy Comingore

Dorothy Comingore (Woman at Station (uncredited))

6.78%

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin (Reporter (uncredited))

17.73%

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado (Barber (uncredited))

23.61%

Ann Doran

Ann Doran (Paine's Secretary (uncredited))

26.47%

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane (Editor (uncredited))

12.97%

Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh (Reporter (uncredited))

14.61%

Kathryn Bates

Kathryn Bates (Committeewoman (uncredited))

3.44%

Frank Austin

Frank Austin (Inventor (uncredited))

11.88%

William Arnold

William Arnold (Reporter (uncredited))

8.91%

Tommy Baker

Tommy Baker (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

4.89%

Robert Sterling

Robert Sterling (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

20.19%

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor (Reporter (uncredited))

30.08%

George Chandler

George Chandler (Reporter (uncredited))

19.94%

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones (Porter (uncredited))

14.47%

Jack Carson

Jack Carson (Sweeney Farrell (uncredited))

27.33%

Tommy Bupp

Tommy Bupp (Cheering Boy (uncredited))

15.22%

Dora Clement

Dora Clement (Mrs. McGann (uncredited))

9.35%

Bert Moorhouse

Bert Moorhouse (Man in Senate Building (uncredited))

20.26%

Harry C. Bradley

Harry C. Bradley (Arthur Kim (uncredited))

18.95%

Lynton Brent

Lynton Brent (Photographer (uncredited))

14.85%

Ed Brewer

Ed Brewer (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

1.00%

Harlan Briggs

Harlan Briggs (Mr. Edwards (uncredited))

13.60%

Harry Burkhardt

Harry Burkhardt (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

2.56%

Frederick Burton

Frederick Burton (Senator Dearhorn (uncredited))

17.77%

Georgia Caine

Georgia Caine (Third Radio Speaker (uncredited))

13.28%

Ken Carpenter

Ken Carpenter (Announcer (uncredited))

5.54%

Burr Caruth

Burr Caruth (Townsend (uncredited))

10.03%

Allan Cavan

Allan Cavan (Ragner (uncredited))

11.59%

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler (Reporter (uncredited))

17.69%

Davison Clark

Davison Clark (Committeeman (uncredited))

15.02%

Richard Clucas

Richard Clucas ((uncredited))

4.50%

Shirley Coates

Shirley Coates (Assistant Bartender (uncredited))

6.66%

Eddie Coke

Eddie Coke (Photographer (uncredited))

6.93%

Hal Cooke

Hal Cooke (Reporter (uncredited))

5.79%

Alec Craig

Alec Craig (Speaker (uncredited))

15.10%

Anne Cornwall

Anne Cornwall (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

5.77%

George Cooper

George Cooper (Waiter (uncredited))

15.44%

Georgie Cooper

Georgie Cooper (Committeewoman (uncredited))

5.15%

Jack Cooper

Jack Cooper (Photographer (uncredited))

6.38%

Nick Copeland

Nick Copeland (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

9.33%

Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

19.79%

Maurice Costello

Maurice Costello (Diggs (uncredited))

10.58%

Beatrice Curtis

Beatrice Curtis (Paine's Secretary (uncredited))

7.71%

Lew Davis

Lew Davis (Senate Clerk (uncredited))

14.29%

Dulcie Day

Dulcie Day (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

2.12%

Wally Dean

Wally Dean (Paine's Friend (uncredited))

3.54%

Harry Depp

Harry Depp (Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited))

11.89%

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger (Hopper's Secretary (uncredited))

24.07%

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy (Paine's Secretary (uncredited))

19.11%

Douglas Evans

Douglas Evans (Francis Scott Key (uncredited))

15.90%

Joe Devlin

Joe Devlin (Waiter (uncredited))

13.06%

Clyde Dilson

Clyde Dilson (Reporter (uncredited))

6.52%

John Dilson

John Dilson (Secretary (uncredited))

15.98%

Neal Dodd

Neal Dodd (Senate Chaplain (uncredited))

8.54%

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr (Taylor's Stooge (uncredited))

18.29%

Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley (Reporter (uncredited))

14.28%

Edward Earle

Edward Earle (Reporter (uncredited))

19.71%

Jack Egan

Jack Egan (Reporter (uncredited))

10.90%

Eddie Fetherston

Eddie Fetherston (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

17.44%

Mabel Forrest

Mabel Forrest (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

6.63%

Gladys Gale

Gladys Gale (Committeewoman (uncredited))

10.54%

Jack Gardner

Jack Gardner (Reporter (uncredited))

13.54%

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon (Woman (uncredited))

23.87%

June Gittelson

June Gittelson (Woman at Station (uncredited))

7.09%

Lorna Gray

Lorna Gray (Woman at Station (uncredited))

21.46%

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden (First Radio Announcer (uncredited))

17.69%

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt (Soapbox Speaker (uncredited))

19.27%

John Ince

John Ince (Senator Fernwick (uncredited))

16.90%

Frank Jaquet

Frank Jaquet (Senator Byron (uncredited))

13.12%

Philo McCullough

Philo McCullough (Senator Albert (uncredited))

19.95%

Wright Kramer

Wright Kramer (Senator Carlton (uncredited))

6.11%

Henry Hebert

Henry Hebert (Senator (uncredited))

13.92%

Fred Hoose

Fred Hoose (Senator (uncredited))

7.37%

Richard Kipling

Richard Kipling (Senator (uncredited))

9.25%

Roger Haliday

Roger Haliday (Senate Guard (uncredited))

1.00%

Wilfred Hari

Wilfred Hari (House Boy (uncredited))

2.89%

Philip Hurlic

Philip Hurlic (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

6.62%

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten (Butler (uncredited))

20.44%

Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham (Committeeman (uncredited))

17.23%

Mitchell Ingraham

Mitchell Ingraham ((uncredited))

7.22%

Dick Jensen

Dick Jensen (Hoodlum (uncredited))

3.12%

John Lester Johnson

John Lester Johnson (Butler (uncredited))

4.44%

Eddie Kane

Eddie Kane (Reporter (uncredited))

19.03%

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr (Reporter (uncredited))

19.49%

Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

24.93%

Joe King

Joe King (Summers (uncredited))

20.23%

Evalyn Knapp

Evalyn Knapp (Reporter (uncredited))

14.73%

Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger (Bodyguard (uncredited))

12.92%

Bobby Larson

Bobby Larson (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

9.09%

Billy Lechner

Billy Lechner (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

6.59%

Jackie Lowe

Jackie Lowe (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

1.00%

P.H. Levy

P.H. Levy (Rabbi (uncredited))

1.00%

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis (Mrs. Edwards (uncredited))

18.04%

Jack Lindquist

Jack Lindquist (Chorus Member (uncredited))

4.54%

George Lloyd

George Lloyd (Hoodlum (uncredited))

16.32%

Arthur Loft

Arthur Loft (Chief Clerk (uncredited))

17.11%

Jack Low

Jack Low (Hoodlum (uncredited))

15.77%

Jimmie Lucas

Jimmie Lucas (Photographer (uncredited))

6.22%

Mary MacLaren

Mary MacLaren (Head Sister (uncredited))

14.16%

Hank Mann

Hank Mann (Photographer (uncredited))

16.53%

Margaret Mann

Margaret Mann (Nun (uncredited))

9.41%

Eric Mayne

Eric Mayne (Man in Senate Building (uncredited))

16.68%

Ralph McCullough

Ralph McCullough (Assistant Bartender (uncredited))

8.42%

George McKay

George McKay (Reporter (uncredited))

14.31%

Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee (Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited))

18.53%

Ben Taggart

Ben Taggart (Pompous Man (uncredited))

13.89%

Field Norton

Field Norton (Pompous Man (uncredited))

6.82%

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas (Pompous Man (uncredited))

30.15%

Sammy McKim

Sammy McKim (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

11.75%

James McNamara

James McNamara (Reporter (uncredited))

5.36%

William Newell

William Newell (Reporter (uncredited))

13.07%

Robert Middlemass

Robert Middlemass (Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited))

14.40%

James Millican

James Millican (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

18.32%

Howard M. Mitchell

Howard M. Mitchell (Shoe Salesman (uncredited))

20.40%

Charles R. Moore

Charles R. Moore (Porter (uncredited))

13.28%

Gene Morgan

Gene Morgan (Reporter (uncredited))

12.85%

Robert Morgan

Robert Morgan (Senate Clerk (uncredited))

1.07%

Ray Nichols

Ray Nichols (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

2.14%

Alex Novinsky

Alex Novinsky (Foreign Diplomat (uncredited))

5.49%

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor (Senator Alfred (uncredited))

20.29%

Frank Otto

Frank Otto (Fisk (uncredited))

4.31%

Joe Palma

Joe Palma (Hoodlum (uncredited))

11.07%

Spencer Quinn

Spencer Quinn ((uncredited))

3.05%

Tom Quinn

Tom Quinn (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

13.25%

Ed Randolph

Ed Randolph (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

6.34%

Charles Regan

Charles Regan (Hoodlum (uncredited))

6.55%

Jack Rice

Jack Rice (Lang (uncredited))

13.62%

Wyndham Standing

Wyndham Standing (Senator Ashman (uncredited))

12.73%

Ferris Taylor

Ferris Taylor (Senator Carlisle (uncredited))

14.37%

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson (Senator Manchester (uncredited))

15.42%

Walter Soderling

Walter Soderling (Senator Pickett (uncredited))

12.05%

Harry Stafford

Harry Stafford (Senator Atwater (uncredited))

4.37%

Victor Travis

Victor Travis (Senator Grainger (uncredited))

7.68%

Carl Stockdale

Carl Stockdale (Senator Burdette (uncredited))

14.08%

Bob Walker

Bob Walker (Senator Holland (uncredited))

14.67%

Henry Roquemore

Henry Roquemore (Senator (uncredited))

14.60%

Craig Stevens

Craig Stevens (Senate Reporter (uncredited))

20.28%

Paul Stanton

Paul Stanton (Flood a Newsman (uncredited))

15.16%

Johnny Russell

Johnny Russell (Otis Hopper (uncredited))

1.82%

Walter Sande

Walter Sande (Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited))

21.66%

Frank M. Thomas

Frank M. Thomas (Hendricks (uncredited))

17.83%

Harry Strang

Harry Strang (Bodyguard (uncredited))

14.24%

Harry Tenbrook

Harry Tenbrook (Bodyguard (uncredited))

18.26%

Dave Willock

Dave Willock (Senate Guard (uncredited))

19.39%

Lloyd Whitlock

Lloyd Whitlock (Schultz (uncredited))

13.63%

John Tyrrell

John Tyrrell ((uncredited))

15.23%

Frederick Vroom

Frederick Vroom (Paine's Friend (uncredited))

11.43%

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan (Cab Driver (uncredited))

19.39%

Arthur Thalasso

Arthur Thalasso (Doorman (uncredited))

8.92%

Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas (Butler (uncredited))

4.81%

Laura Treadwell

Laura Treadwell (Mrs. Taylor (uncredited))

8.09%

Layne Tom Jr.

Layne Tom Jr. (Boy Ranger (uncredited))

4.86%

Myonne Walsh

Myonne Walsh (Jane Hopper (uncredited))

1.00%

Billy Wayne

Billy Wayne (Reporter (uncredited))

13.43%

Max Waizmann

Max Waizmann (Photographer (uncredited))

5.77%

John Ward

John Ward (Photographer (uncredited))

6.14%

Jane Loofbourrow

Jane Loofbourrow (Committeewoman (uncredited))

3.09%

Blanche Payson

Blanche Payson (Committeewoman (uncredited))

9.66%

Emma Tansey

Emma Tansey (Committeewoman (uncredited))

4.84%

Bess Wade

Bess Wade (Committeewoman (uncredited))

3.95%

Florence Wix

Florence Wix (Committeewoman (uncredited))

12.87%

Eleanor Wood

Eleanor Wood (Committeewoman (uncredited))

1.20%

Jesse Graves

Jesse Graves (Black Committeeman (uncredited))

10.96%

Gus Glassmire

Gus Glassmire (Angry Committee Member (uncredited))

9.23%

Larry Steers

Larry Steers (Committeeman (uncredited))

17.57%

Landers Stevens

Landers Stevens (Committeeman (uncredited))

10.50%

William Worthington

William Worthington (Committeeman (uncredited))

13.44%

Edward Biby

Edward Biby (Foreign Diplomat (uncredited))

17.77%

Count Stefenelli

Count Stefenelli (Foreign Diplomat (uncredited))

7.50%

David Wade

David Wade ((uncredited))

1.29%

Frank McLure

Frank McLure (Senator (uncredited))

13.19%

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