The read
Scores higher than 83% of the 240 1930s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic73/100
1,234 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Sidney BuchmanScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James StewartJefferson Smith
- Jean ArthurClarissa Saunders
- Claude RainsJoseph Paine
- Edward ArnoldJim Taylor
- Guy KibbeeGovernor Hopper
- Thomas MitchellDiz Moore
- Eugene PalletteChick McGann
- Beulah BondiMa Smith
- H.B. WarnerSenate Majority Leader
- Harry CareyPresident of the Senate
- Astrid AllwynSusan Paine
- Ruth DonnellyEmma Hopper
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Themes
governorwashington dc, usasenatesenatorsightseeingpoliticianidealistdamcampconservativeblack and whitedisillusionment
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