Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
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Synopsis
Frank Capra's Best Picture nominee about a wide-eyed patriotic bumpkin named Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), who's appointed to the Senate by corrupt politicos, chief among them and unbeknownst to Smith is a senior senator whom he idolized. Stewart was nominated for Best Actor and the film was up for a total of 10 Academy Awards. A TV series of the same name had a one-season run (1962-3).
Directors
Frank Capra, Alan Bridge, Harry Carey, Jack Carson, Edmund Cobb, William Demarest, Ann Doran, Porter Hall, Charles Lane, H.B. Warner, Frank Capra, Al Clark, Dimitri Tiomkin, Lewis R. Foster, Edward Bernds
Production year
1939
Rating
TV-G
Studio
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
Runtime
129 minutes
Cast
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee