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Directed by | |||
| Frank Capra | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Lewis R. Foster | (story) | |
| Sidney Buchman | (screenplay) | |
| Jean Arthur | ... | Clarissa Saunders | |
| James Stewart | ... | Jefferson Smith | |
| Claude Rains | ... | Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine | |
| Edward Arnold | ... | Jim Taylor | |
| Guy Kibbee | ... | Gov. Hubert 'Happy' Hopper | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | Diz Moore | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Chick McGann | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Ma Smith | |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Sen. Agnew (Senate Majority Leader) | |
| Harry Carey | ... | President of the Senate | |
| Astrid Allwyn | ... | Susan Paine | |
| Ruth Donnelly | ... | Emma Hopper | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Sen. MacPherson (Privileges and Elections Committee) | |
| Porter Hall | ... | Sen. Monroe (objecting to frivolity) | |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Sen. Barnes (Senate Minority Leader) | |
| Charles Lane | ... | Nosey newsman | |
| William Demarest | ... | Bill Griffith (at station) | |
| Dick Elliott | ... | Carl Cook (at station) | |
| Billy Watson | ... | Peter Hopper | |
| Delmar Watson | ... | Jimmie Hopper | |
| Johnny Russell | ... | Otis Hopper (as John Russell) | |
| Harry Watson | ... | Hopper boy | |
| Garry Watson | ... | Hopper boy (as Gary Watson) | |
| Larry Simms | ... | Hopper boy (as Baby Dumpling) | |
| H.V. Kaltenborn | ... | Himself (broadcaster) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Erville Alderson | ... | Handwriting expert (uncredited) | |
| Stanley Andrews | ... | Sen. Hodges (uncredited) | |
| William Arnold | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Sam Ash | ... | Sen. Lancaster (uncredited) | |
| Edwin August | ... | Senator (uncredited) | |
| Frank Austin | ... | Inventor at Smith's office door (uncredited) | |
| Harry A. Bailey | ... | Sen. Hammett (uncredited) | |
| Wade Boteler | ... | Family man (uncredited) | |
| Ed Brewer | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Al Bridge | ... | Sen. Dwight (uncredited) | |
| Harlan Briggs | ... | Mr. Edwards (howling citizen) (uncredited) | |
| Tommy Bupp | ... | Boy cheering for Smith in meeting (uncredited) | |
| Frederick Burton | ... | Sen. Dearhorn (uncredited) | |
| Ken Carpenter | ... | Announcer (uncredited) | |
| Jack Carson | ... | Sweeney Farrell (newsman) (uncredited) | |
| Burr Caruth | ... | Townsend (uncredited) | |
| Maurice Cass | ... | Handwriting expert (uncredited) | |
| Allan Cavan | ... | Ragner (newsman) (uncredited) | |
| Eddy Chandler | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| George Chandler | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Dora Clement | ... | Mrs. McGann (uncredited) | |
| Edmund Cobb | ... | Sen. Gower (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Comingore | ... | Woman (at station) (uncredited) | |
| Hal Cooke | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| George Cooper | ... | Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Jack Cooper | ... | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Nick Copeland | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Anne Cornwall | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Gino Corrado | ... | Barber (uncredited) | |
| Maurice Costello | ... | Diggs (newsman) (uncredited) | |
| Alec Craig | ... | Speaker (uncredited) | |
| Beatrice Curtis | ... | Paine's secretary (uncredited) | |
| Dulcie Day | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Vernon Dent | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Clyde Dilson | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Neal Dodd | ... | Senate chaplain (uncredited) | |
| Ann Doran | ... | Paine's secretary (uncredited) | |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | ... | Paine's secretary (uncredited) | |
| Jack Egan | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Douglas Evans | ... | Francis Scott Key (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Fetherston | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Mabel Forrest | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Hopper's secretary (uncredited) | |
| Jack Gardner | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Frances Gifford | ... | Hopper girl (uncredited) | |
| June Gittelson | ... | Woman (at station) (uncredited) | |
| Mary Gordon | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Lorna Gray | ... | Woman (at station) (uncredited) | |
| Harry Hayden | ... | Speaker (uncredited) | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Soapbox speaker (uncredited) | |
| Olaf Hytten | ... | Hopper's butler (uncredited) | |
| John Ince | ... | Sen. Fernwick (uncredited) | |
| Lloyd Ingraham | ... | Committeeman (uncredited) | |
| Frank Jaquet | ... | Sen. Byron (uncredited) | |
| Dickie Jones | ... | Pageboy Richard Jones (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Kane | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Robert Emmett Keane | ... | Editor (uncredited) | |
| Donald Kerr | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Milton Kibbee | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Joe King | ... | Summers (newsman; 'He's just decorating a chair') (uncredited) | |
| Evalyn Knapp | ... | Reporter (What do you think of the girls in this town?) (uncredited) | |
| Wright Kramer | ... | Sen. Carlton (uncredited) | |
| Vera Lewis | ... | Mrs. Edwards (uncredited) | |
| Arthur Loft | ... | Chief clerk (uncredited) | |
| Hank Mann | ... | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Margaret Mann | ... | Nun with cheering orphan boys (uncredited) | |
| Philo McCullough | ... | Sen. Albert (uncredited) | |
| Matt McHugh | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| George McKay | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Lafe McKee | ... | Civil War veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited) | |
| James McNamara | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Robert Middlemass | ... | Speaker (uncredited) | |
| James Millican | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Charles R. Moore | ... | Porter (uncredited) | |
| Gene Morgan | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| William Newell | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Alex Novinsky | ... | Foreign diplomat (uncredited) | |
| Frank O'Connor | ... | Sen. Alfred (uncredited) | |
| Frank Puglia | ... | Handwriting expert (uncredited) | |
| Ed Randolph | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Jack Richardson | ... | Sen. Manchester (uncredited) | |
| Russell Simpson | ... | Kenneth Allen (uncredited) | |
| Walter Soderling | ... | Sen. Pickett (uncredited) | |
| Harry Stafford | ... | Sen. Atwater (uncredited) | |
| Wyndham Standing | ... | Sen. Ashman (uncredited) | |
| Paul Stanton | ... | Flood (newsman) (uncredited) | |
| Count Stefenelli | ... | Foreign diplomat (uncredited) | |
| Robert Sterling | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Craig Stevens | ... | Senate reporter (uncredited) | |
| Carl Stockdale | ... | Sen. Burdette (uncredited) | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Ferris Taylor | ... | Sen. Carlisle (uncredited) | |
| Arthur Thalasso | ... | Doorman (uncredited) | |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | ... | Porter (uncredited) | |
| Victor Travers | ... | Sen. Grainger (uncredited) | |
| Laura Treadwell | ... | Mrs. Taylor (uncredited) | |
| John Tyrrell | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Robert Walker | ... | Sen. Holland (uncredited) | |
| Myonne Walsh | ... | Jane Hopper (uncredited) | |
| Lloyd Whitlock | ... | Schultz (newsman) (uncredited) | |
| Dave Willock | ... | Senate Guard (uncredited) | |
| Florence Wix | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) | |
Produced by | |||
| Frank Capra | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Dimitri Tiomkin | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Joseph Walker | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Al Clark | |||
| Gene Havlick | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Lionel Banks | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Robert Kalloch | (gowns) (as Kalloch) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Arthur S. Black Jr. | .... | assistant director (as Arthur S. Black) | |
Sound Department | |||
| John P. Livadary | .... | supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Slavko Vorkapich | .... | montage effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Irving Lippman | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Morris Stoloff | .... | musical director (as M.W. Stoloff) | |
| R.H. Bassett | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Ben Oakland | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Company credits | Box office and business | Technical specifications |
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