Top billed cast

1. 

   James Stewart

   Jefferson Smith

2. 

   Jean Arthur

   Clarissa Saunders

3. 

   Claude Rains

   Joseph Paine

4. 

   Edward Arnold

   Jim Taylor

5. 

   Guy Kibbee

   Governor Hopper

6. 

   Thomas Mitchell

   Diz Moore

7. 

   Eugene Pallette

   Chick McGann

8. 

   Beulah Bondi

   Ma Smith

9. 

   H.B. Warner

   Senate Majority Leader

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-03-06

There's an interview somewhere with Bette Davis enthusing about the skills of Claude Rains, and I think this is an example of just what she meant. He is the established senator ("Paine") who has taken the rather stoic view that representing big business some of the time allowing him to represent his electorate the rest of it is a path worth following. When his colleague suddenly dies, it falls to the very political machine he serves to find a replacement. The hapless governor (Guy Kibbee) couldn't make a decision if his life depended on it, but thanks to a lively family dinner alights on local...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$9,600,000.00

Keywords

• governor
• washington dc, usa
• senate
• senator
• sightseeing
• politician
• idealist
• dam
• camp
• conservative
• black and white
• disillusionment
• political corruption
• integrity
• usa politics
• determination
• filibuster
• walkout
• political machine
• smear campaign
• expulsion attempt
• exhilarated