Forrest Gump
Comedy · Drama
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Film / 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Directed by
Frank Capra
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.
The story
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.
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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Grant MitchellSenator MacPherson
Porter HallSenator Monroe
Pierre WatkinSenator Barnes
Charles LaneNosey
William DemarestBill Griffith
Dick ElliottCarl Cook
Billy WatsonPeter Hopper
Delmar WatsonJimmie Hopper
John RussellHopper Boy
Harry WatsonHopper Boy
Garry WatsonHopper Boy
Larry SimmsHopper Boy
H.V. KaltenbornRadio Broadcaster
Russell SimpsonKenneth Allen (uncredited)
Frances GiffordHopper Girl (uncredited)
Colin James MackeyNarrator (uncredited)
Wilson BengeHopper's Butler (uncredited)
Dickie JonesRichard Jones (uncredited)
Erville AldersonHandwriting Expert (uncredited)
Frank PugliaHandwriting Expert (uncredited)
Maurice CassHandwriting Expert (uncredited)
Stanley AndrewsSenator Hodges (uncredited)
Al BridgeSenator Dwight (uncredited)
Edwin AugustSenator (uncredited)
Edmund CobbSenator Gower (uncredited)
Sam AshSenator Lancaster (uncredited)
Harry A. BaileySenator Hammett (uncredited)
Stanley MackSenator (uncredited)
Brooks BenedictSenate Clerk (uncredited)
Wade BotelerFamily Man (uncredited)
Dorothy ComingoreWoman at Station (uncredited)
Chester ConklinReporter (uncredited)
Gino CorradoBarber (uncredited)
Ann DoranPaine's Secretary (uncredited)
Robert Emmett KeaneEditor (uncredited)
Matt McHughReporter (uncredited)
Kathryn BatesCommitteewoman (uncredited)
Frank AustinInventor (uncredited)
William ArnoldReporter (uncredited)
Tommy BakerBoy Ranger (uncredited)
Robert SterlingSenate Reporter (uncredited)
Dub TaylorReporter (uncredited)
George ChandlerReporter (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' ToonesPorter (uncredited)
Jack CarsonSweeney Farrell (uncredited)
Tommy BuppCheering Boy (uncredited)
Dora ClementMrs. McGann (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseMan in Senate Building (uncredited)
Harry C. BradleyArthur Kim (uncredited)
Lynton BrentPhotographer (uncredited)
Ed BrewerSenate Reporter (uncredited)
Harlan BriggsMr. Edwards (uncredited)
Harry BurkhardtSenate Reporter (uncredited)
Frederick BurtonSenator Dearhorn (uncredited)
Georgia CaineThird Radio Speaker (uncredited)
Ken CarpenterAnnouncer (uncredited)
Burr CaruthTownsend (uncredited)
Allan CavanRagner (uncredited)
Eddy ChandlerReporter (uncredited)
Davison ClarkCommitteeman (uncredited)
Richard Clucas(uncredited)
Shirley CoatesAssistant Bartender (uncredited)
Eddie CokePhotographer (uncredited)
Hal CookeReporter (uncredited)
Alec CraigSpeaker (uncredited)
Anne CornwallSenate Reporter (uncredited)
George CooperWaiter (uncredited)
Georgie CooperCommitteewoman (uncredited)
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