Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

19392h 10mdir. Frank CapraAmerican EnglishUnited Statescomedy filmpolitical film

With James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Charles Lane, Thomas Mitchell, Harry Carey, Eugene Pallette

Directed by Frank Capra

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States senator who fights against government corruption, and was written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana".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.

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