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

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