Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington( 1939)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      James Stewart

      Jefferson Smith

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      Jean Arthur

      Clarissa Saunders

    3. cast image

      Claude Rains

      Joseph Paine

    4. cast image

      Edward Arnold

      Jim Taylor

    5. cast image

      Guy Kibbee

      Governor Hopper

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      Thomas Mitchell

      Diz Moore

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      Eugene Pallette

      Chick McGann

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      Beulah Bondi

      Ma Smith

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      H.B. Warner

      Senate Majority Leader

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      Harry Carey

      President of the Senate

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      Astrid Allwyn

      Susan Paine

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      Ruth Donnelly

      Emma Hopper

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      Grant Mitchell

      Senator MacPherson

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      Porter Hall

      Senator Monroe

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      Pierre Watkin

      Senator Barnes

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      Charles Lane

      Nosey

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      William Demarest

      Bill Griffith

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      Dick Elliott

      Carl Cook

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      Billy Watson

      Peter Hopper

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      Delmar Watson

      Jimmie Hopper

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      John Russell

      Hopper Boy

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      Harry Watson

      Hopper Boy

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      Garry Watson

      Hopper Boy

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      Larry Simms

      Hopper Boy

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      H.V. Kaltenborn

      Radio Broadcaster

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      Russell Simpson

      Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

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      Frances Gifford

      Hopper Girl (uncredited)

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      Colin James Mackey

      Narrator (uncredited)

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      Wilson Benge

      Hopper's Butler (uncredited)

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      Dickie Jones

      Richard Jones (uncredited)

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      Erville Alderson

      Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

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      Frank Puglia

      Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

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      Maurice Cass

      Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

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      Stanley Andrews

      Senator Hodges (uncredited)

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      Al Bridge

      Senator Dwight (uncredited)

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      Edwin August

      Senator (uncredited)

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      Edmund Cobb

      Senator Gower (uncredited)

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      Sam Ash

      Senator Lancaster (uncredited)

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      Harry A. Bailey

      Senator Hammett (uncredited)

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      Stanley Mack

      Senator (uncredited)

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      Brooks Benedict

      Senate Clerk (uncredited)

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      Wade Boteler

      Family Man (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Comingore

      Woman at Station (uncredited)

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      Chester Conklin

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Gino Corrado

      Barber (uncredited)

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      Ann Doran

      Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Robert Emmett Keane

      Editor (uncredited)

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      Matt McHugh

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Kathryn Bates

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Frank Austin

      Inventor (uncredited)

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      William Arnold

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Tommy Baker

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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      Robert Sterling

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Dub Taylor

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      George Chandler

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

      Porter (uncredited)

    57. cast image

      Jack Carson

      Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)

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      Tommy Bupp

      Cheering Boy (uncredited)

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      Dora Clement

      Mrs. McGann (uncredited)

    60. cast image

      Bert Moorhouse

      Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

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      Harry C. Bradley

      Arthur Kim (uncredited)

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      Lynton Brent

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Ed Brewer

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Harlan Briggs

      Mr. Edwards (uncredited)

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      Harry Burkhardt

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Frederick Burton

      Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)

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      Georgia Caine

      Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)

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      Ken Carpenter

      Announcer (uncredited)

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      Burr Caruth

      Townsend (uncredited)

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      Allan Cavan

      Ragner (uncredited)

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      Eddy Chandler

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Davison Clark

      Committeeman (uncredited)

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      Richard Clucas

      (uncredited)

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      Shirley Coates

      Assistant Bartender (uncredited)

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      Eddie Coke

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Hal Cooke

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Alec Craig

      Speaker (uncredited)

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      Anne Cornwall

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      George Cooper

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Georgie Cooper

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Jack Cooper

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Nick Copeland

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Vernon Dent

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Maurice Costello

      Diggs (uncredited)

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      Beatrice Curtis

      Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Lew Davis

      Senate Clerk (uncredited)

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      Dulcie Day

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Wally Dean

      Paine's Friend (uncredited)

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      Harry Depp

      Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)

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      Byron Foulger

      Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Helen Jerome Eddy

      Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Douglas Evans

      Francis Scott Key (uncredited)

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      Joe Devlin

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Clyde Dilson

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      John Dilson

      Secretary (uncredited)

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      Neal Dodd

      Senate Chaplain (uncredited)

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      Lester Dorr

      Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)

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      Robert Dudley

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Edward Earle

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Jack Egan

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Eddie Fetherston

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Mabel Forrest

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Gladys Gale

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Jack Gardner

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Mary Gordon

      Woman (uncredited)

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      June Gittelson

      Woman at Station (uncredited)

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      Lorna Gray

      Woman at Station (uncredited)

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      Harry Hayden

      First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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      Louis Jean Heydt

      Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)

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      John Ince

      Senator Fernwick (uncredited)

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      Frank Jaquet

      Senator Byron (uncredited)

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      Philo McCullough

      Senator Albert (uncredited)

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      Wright Kramer

      Senator Carlton (uncredited)

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      Henry Hebert

      Senator (uncredited)

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      Fred Hoose

      Senator (uncredited)

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      Richard Kipling

      Senator (uncredited)

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      Roger Haliday

      Senate Guard (uncredited)

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      Wilfred Hari

      House Boy (uncredited)

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      Philip Hurlic

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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      Olaf Hytten

      Butler (uncredited)

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      Lloyd Ingraham

      Committeeman (uncredited)

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      Mitchell Ingraham

      (uncredited)

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      Dick Jensen

      Hoodlum (uncredited)

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      John Lester Johnson

      Butler (uncredited)

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      Eddie Kane

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Donald Kerr

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Milton Kibbee

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Joe King

      Summers (uncredited)

    129. cast image

      Evalyn Knapp

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Paul Kruger

      Bodyguard (uncredited)

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      Bobby Larson

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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      Billy Lechner

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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      Jackie Lowe

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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      P.H. Levy

      Rabbi (uncredited)

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      Vera Lewis

      Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

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      Jack Lindquist

      Chorus Member (uncredited)

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      George Lloyd

      Hoodlum (uncredited)

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      Arthur Loft

      Chief Clerk (uncredited)

    139. cast image

      Jack Low

      Hoodlum (uncredited)

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      Jimmie Lucas

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Mary MacLaren

      Head Sister (uncredited)

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      Hank Mann

      Photographer (uncredited)

    143. cast image

      Margaret Mann

      Nun (uncredited)

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      Eric Mayne

      Man in Senate Building (uncredited)

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      Ralph McCullough

      Assistant Bartender (uncredited)

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      George McKay

      Reporter (uncredited)

    147. cast image

      Lafe McKee

      Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

    148. cast image

      Ben Taggart

      Pompous Man (uncredited)

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      Field Norton

      Pompous Man (uncredited)

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      Wilfred Lucas

      Pompous Man (uncredited)

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      Sammy McKim

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

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      James McNamara

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      William Newell

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Robert Middlemass

      Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)

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      James Millican

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

    156. cast image

      Howard M. Mitchell

      Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

    157. cast image

      Charles R. Moore

      Porter (uncredited)

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      Gene Morgan

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Robert Morgan

      Senate Clerk (uncredited)

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      Ray Nichols

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

    161. cast image

      Alex Novinsky

      Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

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      Frank O'Connor

      Senator Alfred (uncredited)

    163. cast image

      Frank Otto

      Fisk (uncredited)

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      Joe Palma

      Hoodlum (uncredited)

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      Spencer Quinn

      (uncredited)

    166. cast image

      Tom Quinn

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Ed Randolph

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Charles Regan

      Hoodlum (uncredited)

    169. cast image

      Jack Rice

      Lang (uncredited)

    170. cast image

      Wyndham Standing

      Senator Ashman (uncredited)

    171. cast image

      Ferris Taylor

      Senator Carlisle (uncredited)

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      Jack Richardson

      Senator Manchester (uncredited)

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      Walter Soderling

      Senator Pickett (uncredited)

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      Harry Stafford

      Senator Atwater (uncredited)

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      Victor Travis

      Senator Grainger (uncredited)

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      Carl Stockdale

      Senator Burdette (uncredited)

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      Bob Walker

      Senator Holland (uncredited)

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      Henry Roquemore

      Senator (uncredited)

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      Craig Stevens

      Senate Reporter (uncredited)

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      Paul Stanton

      Flood a Newsman (uncredited)

    181. cast image

      Johnny Russell

      Otis Hopper (uncredited)

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      Walter Sande

      Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)

    183. cast image

      Frank M. Thomas

      Hendricks (uncredited)

    184. cast image

      Harry Strang

      Bodyguard (uncredited)

    185. cast image

      Harry Tenbrook

      Bodyguard (uncredited)

    186. cast image

      Dave Willock

      Senate Guard (uncredited)

    187. cast image

      Lloyd Whitlock

      Schultz (uncredited)

    188. cast image

      John Tyrrell

      (uncredited)

    189. cast image

      Frederick Vroom

      Paine's Friend (uncredited)

    190. cast image

      Charles Sullivan

      Cab Driver (uncredited)

    191. cast image

      Arthur Thalasso

      Doorman (uncredited)

    192. cast image

      Edward Thomas

      Butler (uncredited)

    193. cast image

      Laura Treadwell

      Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)

    194. cast image

      Layne Tom Jr.

      Boy Ranger (uncredited)

    195. cast image

      Myonne Walsh

      Jane Hopper (uncredited)

    196. cast image

      Billy Wayne

      Reporter (uncredited)

    197. cast image

      Max Waizmann

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      John Ward

      Photographer (uncredited)

    199. cast image

      Jane Loofbourrow

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Blanche Payson

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Emma Tansey

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Bess Wade

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Florence Wix

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

    204. cast image

      Eleanor Wood

      Committeewoman (uncredited)

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      Jesse Graves

      Black Committeeman (uncredited)

    206. cast image

      Gus Glassmire

      Angry Committee Member (uncredited)

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      Larry Steers

      Committeeman (uncredited)

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      Landers Stevens

      Committeeman (uncredited)

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      William Worthington

      Committeeman (uncredited)

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      Edward Biby

      Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

    211. cast image

      Count Stefenelli

      Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)

    212. cast image

      David Wade

      (uncredited)

    213. cast image

      Frank McLure

      Senator (uncredited)

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    A

    A review by Andres Gomez

    8
    Written by Andres Gomez on Thu Sep 12 2013
    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....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1500000.00

    Revenue

    9600000.00

    Keywords

    • governor
    • washington dc, usa
    • senate
    • senator
    • sightseeing
    • politician
    • idealist
    • dam
    • camp
    • conservative
    • black and white
    • disillusionment
    • political corruption
    • integrity
    • usa politics
    • determination
    • filibuster
    • walkout
    • political machine
    • smear campaign
    • expulsion attempt