Fresh
This is classic Capracorn.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!
1939 · 2h 10m · Approved
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Frank Capra
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.
Director and cast
- Frank Capra Director
- James Stewart as Jefferson Smith
- Jean Arthur as Clarissa Saunders
- Claude Rains as Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine
- Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor
- Guy Kibbee as Gov. Hubert 'Happy' Hopper
- Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore
- Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann
- Beulah Bondi as Ma Smith
- H.B. Warner Cast
- Harry Carey Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is going to be the big movie explosion of the year, and reviewers are going to think twice and think sourly before they'll want to put it down for the clumsy and irritating thing it is.
Otis Ferguson, The New Republic
Fresh
One of the finest and consistently interesting dramas of the season.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Quintessential Capra - popular wish-fulfilment served up with such fast-talking comic panache that you don't have time to question its cornball idealism.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Mr. Smith is one of the best shows of the year. More fun, even, than the Senate itself.
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
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