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.| Status: | Released (1939-10-19) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 12 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $144,738 |
| Screen: | Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster, Myles Connolly |
| Productions: | Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 854: James Stewart - Jefferson Smith
- 30210: Jean Arthur - Clarissa Saunders
- 4113: Claude Rains - Joseph Paine
- 30211: Edward Arnold - Jim Taylor
- 30002: Guy Kibbee - Governor Hopper
- 3383: Thomas Mitchell - Diz Moore
- 8728: Eugene Pallette - Chick McGann
Crews
- 2662: Frank Capra - Director - Directing
- 30208: Sidney Buchman - Screenplay - Writing
- 17761: Joseph Walker - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30154: Gene Havlick - Editor - Editing
- 30207: Lewis R. Foster - Story - Writing
- 4082: Dimitri Tiomkin - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 31969: Lionel Banks - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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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.
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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There's an interview somewhere with Bette Davis enthusing about the skills of Claude Rains, and I think this is an example of just what she meant. He is the established senator ("Paine") who has taken the rather stoic view that representing big business some of the time allowing him ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**A strangely current film that, using comedy, shows us well the problems that affect our democratic system.** I only discovered this film a few days ago. It is quite evident that it has fallen into total oblivion and few people remember it. However, it is worth revisiting. It's a ....
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