from Columbia Pictures
Directed by
Frank Capra
Starring
Jean Arthur (Clarissa Saunders)
James Stewart (Jefferson Smith)
Claude Rains (Senator Joseph Payne)
Edward Arnold (Jim Taylor)
Guy Kibbee (Governor Hubert Hopper)
Thomas Mitchell (Diz Moore)
Eugene Pallette (Chick McCann)
Beulah Bondi (Ma Smith)
H.B. Warner (Senator Fuller)
Harry Carey Sr. (President of Senate)
Astrid Allwyn (Susan Payne)
Ruth Donnelly (Emma Hopper)
Grant Mitchell (Senator MacPherson)
Porter Hall (Senator Monroe)
Pierre Watkin (Senator Barnes)
Charles Lane (Nosey)
William Demarest (Bill Griffith)
Dick Elliott (Carl Cook)
Billy Watson (Hopper Boy)
Delmar Watson (Hopper Boy)
Johnny Russell (Hopper Boy)
Harry Watson (Hopper Boy)
Garry Watson (Hopper Boy)
Baby Dumpling (Hopper Boy)
H.V. Kaltenborn (Broadcaster)
Written by
Lewis R. Foster (story)
Sidney Buchman |
 Two slimy
fat-cat legislators recruit Jefferson Smith (James Stewart),
an innocent and staunchly principled scout leader, as the state's
new Senator, hoping to exploit his naivete and community pride
to bring home pork-barrel funds. Once he ascends to Capitol Hill,
however, Mr. Smith finds nothing but deep-rooted corruption in
Washington, D.C., and, absolutely refusing to submit to cynicism,
he tirelessly takes the message of the American people right
to their out-of-touch representatives. Based on Lewis R. Foster's
novel "The Gentleman From Montana." Academy Award Nominations:
11, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (James
Stewart), Best Supporting Actor (Harry Carey). Academy Awards:
Best Original Story (Lewis R. Foster).
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