Film record

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939Feature film129 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
Unknown
Genres
comedy film · drama film · political film

Credits

Cinematography

Joseph Walker — Cinematography

Direction

Frank Capra — Directing

Editing

Gene Havlick — Editing

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin — Music composition

Cast

James Stewart — Acting
Jean Arthur — Acting
Claude Rains — Acting
Edward Arnold — Acting
Charles Lane — Acting
Thomas Mitchell — Acting
Harry Carey — Acting
Eugene Pallette — Acting
Porter Hall — Acting
Guy Kibbee — Acting
Beulah Bondi — Acting
H. B. Warner — Acting
Grant Mitchell — Acting
William Demarest — Acting
Ann Doran — Acting
Anne Cornwall — Acting
Astrid Allwyn — Acting
Frank Puglia — Acting
Gino Corrado — Acting
John Russell — Acting
Russell Simpson — Acting
Ruth Donnelly — Acting
Vera Lewis — Acting
Walter Sande — Acting
Wyndham Standing — Acting
Maurice Costello — Acting
Alec Craig — Acting
Jack Carson — Acting
Lloyd Ingraham — Acting
Dorothy Comingore — Acting
Lorna Gray — Acting
Craig Stevens — Acting
Chester Conklin — Acting
Robert Sterling — Acting
Charles Sullivan — Acting
Philo McCullough — Acting
Lester Dorr — Acting
Mary Gordon — Acting
George Chandler — Acting
Edmund Cobb — Acting
Lafe McKee — Acting
Pierre Watkin — Acting
Harry Tenbrook — Acting
Edward Earle — Acting
Sam Ash — Acting
Harry Hayden — Acting
James Millican — Acting
Stanley Andrews — Acting
Ferris Taylor — Acting
Harry C. Bradley — Acting
Wade Boteler — Acting
Frederick Vroom — Acting
Emma Tansey — Acting
Frank O'Connor — Acting
Brooks Benedict — Acting
Bert Moorhouse — Acting
Frances Gifford — Acting
Hank Mann — Acting
John Dilson — Acting
Eddy Chandler — Acting
Eddie Kane — Acting
Florence Wix — Acting
Erville Alderson — Acting
Wilfred Lucas — Acting
Frederick Burton — Acting
George Cooper — Acting
Byron Foulger — Acting
Dick Jones — Acting

Production

Frank Capra — Production

Writing

Sidney Buchman — Screenwriting
Lewis R. Foster — Screenwriting
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified
Distribution

Vudu

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
19 Oct 1939Checked 15 Sep 2026
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