---
title: 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1939-10-19'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

1939 · 129 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. The film is about a naive, newly appointed United States senator who fights against government corruption, and was written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana". It was loosely based on the life of Montana US Senator Burton K. Wheeler, who underwent a similar experience when he was investigating the Warren G. Harding administration's Teapot Dome scandal.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Producer:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Screenplay:** [Sidney Buchman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-buchman), [Lewis R. Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-r-foster)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walker)
- **Editor:** [Gene Havlick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-havlick)

## Cast

- [Frederick Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-burton)
- [Claude Rains](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rains)
- [Edward Earle](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-earle)
- [Vera Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-lewis)
- [Ann Doran](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-doran)
- [Russell Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-simpson)
- [William Worthington](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-worthington)
- [John Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-russell)
- [Gino Corrado](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-corrado)
- [Dick Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-jones)
- [Eddie Kane](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-kane)
- [Frank O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-o-connor)
- [Harry Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hayden)
- [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande)
- [Anne Cornwall](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-cornwall)

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