Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Sidney Buchman; Lewis R. Foster

Musical Score by: Dimitri Tiomkin

Keywords: Drama, Washington DC

Filling a U.S. Senate vacancy, Gov. Hopper appoints Jefferson Smith, a Boy Scout leader who is idealistic, naive, and presumably easy to control. Smith crafts a benign bill to create a national boys' camp in the state, but the camp would be located at the very spot where the senior Senator from the state, Joseph Paine, intends with his cronies to construct a dam with public money. Won Oscar for Best Original Story; received 10 additional nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (two), Best Screenplay, and Best Score. Entered 1989 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Astrid Allwyn	Actor	27-Nov-1905	31-Mar-1978	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Edward Arnold	Actor	18-Feb-1890	26-Apr-1956	You Can't Take It With You
Jean Arthur	Actor	17-Oct-1900	19-Jun-1991	Only Angels Have Wings
Beulah Bondi	Actor	3-May-1888	1-Jan-1981	Make Way for Tomorrow
Harry Carey, Sr.	Actor	16-Jan-1878	21-Sep-1947	VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
William Demarest	Actor	27-Feb-1892	28-Dec-1983	The Great McGinty
Ruth Donnelly	Actor	17-May-1896	17-Nov-1982	A Slight Case of Murder
Porter Hall	Actor	19-Sep-1888	6-Oct-1953	Going My Way
Guy Kibbee	Actor	6-Mar-1882	24-May-1956	Captain January
Charles Lane	Actor	26-Jan-1905	9-Jul-2007	Grumpy character actor
Grant Mitchell	Actor	17-Jun-1874	1-May-1957	Father Is a Prince
Thomas Mitchell	Actor	11-Jul-1892	17-Dec-1962	Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Eugene Pallette	Actor	8-Jul-1889	3-Sep-1954	The Adventures of Robin Hood
Claude Rains	Actor	10-Nov-1889	30-May-1967	The Invisible Man
John Russell	Actor	3-Jan-1921	19-Jan-1991	Lawman
Jimmy Stewart	Actor	20-May-1908	2-Jul-1997	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
H. B. Warner	Actor	26-Oct-1875	21-Dec-1958	The King of Kings
Pierre Watkin	Actor	29-Dec-1887	3-Feb-1960	Adventures of Superman

CAST

Starring
Jean Arthur	...   Saunders
Jimmy Stewart	...   Jefferson Smith
with
Claude Rains	...   Sen. Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold	...   Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee	...   Gov. Hopper
Thomas Mitchell	...   Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette	...   Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi	...   Ma Smith
H. B. Warner	...   Senate Majority Leader
Harry Carey, Sr.	...   President of the Senate
Astrid Allwyn	...   Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly	...   Mrs. Hopper
Grant Mitchell	...   Sen. MacPherson
Porter Hall	...   Sen. Monroe
Baby Dumpling	...   Hopper Boy
and
H. V. Kaltenborn	...   Himself
Pierre Watkin	...   Senate Minority Leader
Charles Lane	...   Nosey
William Demarest	...   Bill Griffith
Dick Elliott	...   Carl Cook
Billy Watson	...   Hopper Boy
Delmar Watson	...   Hopper Boy
John Russell	...   Hopper Boy
Harry Watson	...   Hopper Boy
Gary Watson	...   Hopper Boy

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