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Cast
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James Stewart | As: Jefferson Smith |
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Jean Arthur | As: Clarissa Saunders |
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Claude Rains | As: Joseph Paine |
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Edward Arnold | As: Jim Taylor |
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Guy Kibbee | As: Governor Hopper |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America! |
| Certification: | U |
Cast
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James Stewart |
Jefferson Smith |
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Jean Arthur |
Clarissa Saunders |
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Claude Rains |
Joseph Paine |
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Edward Arnold |
Jim Taylor |
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Guy Kibbee |
Governor Hopper |
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Thomas Mitchell |
Diz Moore |
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Eugene Pallette |
Chick McGann |
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Beulah Bondi |
Ma Smith |
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H.B. Warner |
Senate Majority Leader |
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Harry Carey |
President of the Senate |
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Astrid Allwyn |
Susan Paine |
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Ruth Donnelly |
Emma Hopper |
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Grant Mitchell |
Senator MacPherson |
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Porter Hall |
Senator Monroe |
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Pierre Watkin |
Senator Barnes |
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Charles Lane |
Nosey |
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William Demarest |
Bill Griffith |
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Dick Elliott |
Carl Cook |
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Billy Watson |
Peter Hopper |
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Delmar Watson |
Jimmie Hopper |
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John Russell |
Hopper Boy |
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Harry Watson |
Hopper Boy |
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Garry Watson |
Hopper Boy |
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Larry Simms |
Hopper Boy |
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H.V. Kaltenborn |
Radio Broadcaster |
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Russell Simpson |
Kenneth Allen (uncredited) |
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Frances Gifford |
Hopper Girl (uncredited) |
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Colin James Mackey |
Narrator (uncredited) |
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Wilson Benge |
Hopper's Butler (uncredited) |
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Dickie Jones |
Richard Jones (uncredited) |
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Erville Alderson |
Handwriting Expert (uncredited) |
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Frank Puglia |
Handwriting Expert (uncredited) |
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Maurice Cass |
Handwriting Expert (uncredited) |
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Stanley Andrews |
Senator Hodges (uncredited) |
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Al Bridge |
Senator Dwight (uncredited) |
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Edwin August |
Senator (uncredited) |
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Edmund Cobb |
Senator Gower (uncredited) |
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Sam Ash |
Senator Lancaster (uncredited) |
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Harry A. Bailey |
Senator Hammett (uncredited) |
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Stanley Mack |
Senator (uncredited) |
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Brooks Benedict |
Senate Clerk (uncredited) |
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Wade Boteler |
Family Man (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Comingore |
Woman at Station (uncredited) |
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Chester Conklin |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Gino Corrado |
Barber (uncredited) |
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Ann Doran |
Paine's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett Keane |
Editor (uncredited) |
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Matt McHugh |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Kathryn Bates |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Frank Austin |
Inventor (uncredited) |
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William Arnold |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Tommy Baker |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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Robert Sterling |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Dub Taylor |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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George Chandler |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones |
Porter (uncredited) |
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Jack Carson |
Sweeney Farrell (uncredited) |
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Tommy Bupp |
Cheering Boy (uncredited) |
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Dora Clement |
Mrs. McGann (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse |
Man in Senate Building (uncredited) |
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Harry C. Bradley |
Arthur Kim (uncredited) |
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Lynton Brent |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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Ed Brewer |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Harlan Briggs |
Mr. Edwards (uncredited) |
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Harry Burkhardt |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Frederick Burton |
Senator Dearhorn (uncredited) |
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Georgia Caine |
Third Radio Speaker (uncredited) |
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Ken Carpenter |
Announcer (uncredited) |
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Burr Caruth |
Townsend (uncredited) |
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Allan Cavan |
Ragner (uncredited) |
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Eddy Chandler |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Davison Clark |
Committeeman (uncredited) |
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Richard Clucas |
(uncredited) |
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Shirley Coates |
Assistant Bartender (uncredited) |
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Eddie Coke |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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Hal Cooke |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Alec Craig |
Speaker (uncredited) |
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Anne Cornwall |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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George Cooper |
Waiter (uncredited) |
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Georgie Cooper |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Jack Cooper |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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Nick Copeland |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Vernon Dent |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Maurice Costello |
Diggs (uncredited) |
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Beatrice Curtis |
Paine's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Lew Davis |
Senate Clerk (uncredited) |
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Dulcie Day |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Wally Dean |
Paine's Friend (uncredited) |
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Harry Depp |
Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger |
Hopper's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Helen Jerome Eddy |
Paine's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Douglas Evans |
Francis Scott Key (uncredited) |
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Joe Devlin |
Waiter (uncredited) |
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Clyde Dilson |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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John Dilson |
Secretary (uncredited) |
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Neal Dodd |
Senate Chaplain (uncredited) |
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Lester Dorr |
Taylor's Stooge (uncredited) |
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Robert Dudley |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Edward Earle |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Jack Egan |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Eddie Fetherston |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Mabel Forrest |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Gladys Gale |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Jack Gardner |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Mary Gordon |
Woman (uncredited) |
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June Gittelson |
Woman at Station (uncredited) |
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Lorna Gray |
Woman at Station (uncredited) |
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Harry Hayden |
First Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
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Louis Jean Heydt |
Soapbox Speaker (uncredited) |
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John Ince |
Senator Fernwick (uncredited) |
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Frank Jaquet |
Senator Byron (uncredited) |
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Philo McCullough |
Senator Albert (uncredited) |
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Wright Kramer |
Senator Carlton (uncredited) |
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Henry Hebert |
Senator (uncredited) |
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Fred Hoose |
Senator (uncredited) |
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Richard Kipling |
Senator (uncredited) |
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Roger Haliday |
Senate Guard (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Hari |
House Boy (uncredited) |
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Philip Hurlic |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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Olaf Hytten |
Butler (uncredited) |
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Lloyd Ingraham |
Committeeman (uncredited) |
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Mitchell Ingraham |
(uncredited) |
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Dick Jensen |
Hoodlum (uncredited) |
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John Lester Johnson |
Butler (uncredited) |
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Eddie Kane |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Donald Kerr |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Joe King |
Summers (uncredited) |
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Evalyn Knapp |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Paul Kruger |
Bodyguard (uncredited) |
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Bobby Larson |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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Billy Lechner |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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Jackie Lowe |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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P.H. Levy |
Rabbi (uncredited) |
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Vera Lewis |
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited) |
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Jack Lindquist |
Chorus Member (uncredited) |
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George Lloyd |
Hoodlum (uncredited) |
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Arthur Loft |
Chief Clerk (uncredited) |
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Jack Low |
Hoodlum (uncredited) |
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Jimmie Lucas |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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Mary MacLaren |
Head Sister (uncredited) |
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Hank Mann |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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Margaret Mann |
Nun (uncredited) |
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Eric Mayne |
Man in Senate Building (uncredited) |
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Ralph McCullough |
Assistant Bartender (uncredited) |
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George McKay |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Lafe McKee |
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited) |
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Ben Taggart |
Pompous Man (uncredited) |
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Field Norton |
Pompous Man (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Lucas |
Pompous Man (uncredited) |
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Sammy McKim |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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James McNamara |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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William Newell |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Robert Middlemass |
Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited) |
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James Millican |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Howard M. Mitchell |
Shoe Salesman (uncredited) |
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Charles R. Moore |
Porter (uncredited) |
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Gene Morgan |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Robert Morgan |
Senate Clerk (uncredited) |
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Ray Nichols |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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Alex Novinsky |
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor |
Senator Alfred (uncredited) |
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Frank Otto |
Fisk (uncredited) |
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Joe Palma |
Hoodlum (uncredited) |
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Spencer Quinn |
(uncredited) |
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Tom Quinn |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Ed Randolph |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Charles Regan |
Hoodlum (uncredited) |
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Jack Rice |
Lang (uncredited) |
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Wyndham Standing |
Senator Ashman (uncredited) |
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Ferris Taylor |
Senator Carlisle (uncredited) |
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Jack Richardson |
Senator Manchester (uncredited) |
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Walter Soderling |
Senator Pickett (uncredited) |
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Harry Stafford |
Senator Atwater (uncredited) |
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Victor Travis |
Senator Grainger (uncredited) |
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Carl Stockdale |
Senator Burdette (uncredited) |
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Bob Walker |
Senator Holland (uncredited) |
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Henry Roquemore |
Senator (uncredited) |
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Craig Stevens |
Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
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Paul Stanton |
Flood a Newsman (uncredited) |
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Johnny Russell |
Otis Hopper (uncredited) |
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Walter Sande |
Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited) |
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Frank M. Thomas |
Hendricks (uncredited) |
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Harry Strang |
Bodyguard (uncredited) |
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Harry Tenbrook |
Bodyguard (uncredited) |
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Dave Willock |
Senate Guard (uncredited) |
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Lloyd Whitlock |
Schultz (uncredited) |
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John Tyrrell |
(uncredited) |
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Frederick Vroom |
Paine's Friend (uncredited) |
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Charles Sullivan |
Cab Driver (uncredited) |
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Arthur Thalasso |
Doorman (uncredited) |
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Edward Thomas |
Butler (uncredited) |
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Laura Treadwell |
Mrs. Taylor (uncredited) |
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Layne Tom Jr. |
Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
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Myonne Walsh |
Jane Hopper (uncredited) |
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Billy Wayne |
Reporter (uncredited) |
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Max Waizmann |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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John Ward |
Photographer (uncredited) |
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Jane Loofbourrow |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Blanche Payson |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Emma Tansey |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Bess Wade |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Eleanor Wood |
Committeewoman (uncredited) |
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Jesse Graves |
Black Committeeman (uncredited) |
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Gus Glassmire |
Angry Committee Member (uncredited) |
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Larry Steers |
Committeeman (uncredited) |
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Landers Stevens |
Committeeman (uncredited) |
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William Worthington |
Committeeman (uncredited) |
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Edward Biby |
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited) |
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Count Stefenelli |
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited) |
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David Wade |
(uncredited) |
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Frank McLure |
Senator (uncredited) |
Directed By
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Frank Capra |
Director |
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Arthur S. Black Jr. |
Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Sidney Buchman |
Screenplay |
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Lewis R. Foster |
Story |
Production Crew
Edited By
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Gene Havlick |
Editor |
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Al Clark |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Robert Kalloch |
Costume Design |
Sound
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Dimitri Tiomkin |
Original Music Composer |
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Morris Stoloff |
Music Director |
Visual Effects
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Slavko Vorkapich |
Visual Effects |
Camera
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Joseph Walker |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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Lionel Banks |
Art Direction |
Other Crew
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