Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 84 years old

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Credits

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Cast

Name Character
Porter Hall He was 51, 65 years old when he died as Sen. Monroe
James Stewart He was 31, 89 years old when he died as Jefferson Smith
Byron Foulger He was 40, 70 years old when he died as Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
Dub Taylor He was 32, 87 years old when he died as Reporter (uncredited)
Joe King He was 40, 29 years old when he died as Summers a Newsman
Jean Arthur She was 39, 90 years old when she died as Clarissa Saunders
Edmund Cobb He was 47, 82 years old when he died as Senator Gower (uncredited)
Walter Sande He was 33, 65 years old when he died as Newspaperman with Pipe
Robert Sterling He was 21, 88 years old when he died as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette He was 50, 65 years old when he died as Chick McGann
Dave Willock He was 30, 81 years old when he died as Senate Guard
Larry Simms He was 5, 74 years old when he died as Hopper Boy
Wilfred Lucas He was 68, 69 years old when he died as Pompous Man
H.B. Warner He was 63, 83 years old when he died as Senate Majority Leader
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones He was 33, 56 years old when he died as Porter (uncredited)
Lorna Gray She was 22, 99 years old when she died as Woman at Station
Ann Doran She was 28, 89 years old when she died as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Bobby Larson as Boy Ranger
Chester Conklin He was 53, 85 years old when he died as Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery (uncredited)
Frank Puglia He was 47, 83 years old when he died as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Evalyn Knapp She was 33, 74 years old when she died as Reporter Asking 'What Do You Think of the Girls in This Town?'
Larry Steers He was 51, 63 years old when he died as Committeeman
Stanley Mack as Senator (uncredited)
Douglas Evans He was 35, 64 years old when he died as Francis Scott Key
Edward Arnold He was 49, 66 years old when he died as Jim Taylor
Grant Mitchell He was 65, 82 years old when he died as Sen. MacPherson
Russell Simpson He was 59, 79 years old when he died as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
Dickie Jones He was 12, 87 years old when he died as Pageboy Richard Jones (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing He was 59, 82 years old when he died as Senator Ashman
Tommy Bupp He was 15, 59 years old when he died as Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting
George McKay He was 55, 61 years old when he died as Reporter
Ruth Donnelly She was 43, 86 years old when she died as Emma Hopper
Billy Wayne He was 42, 73 years old when he died as Reporter
Alec Craig He was 54, 60 years old when he died as Speaker
Robert Walker He was 21, 32 years old when he died as Senator Holland (uncredited)
Astrid Allwyn She was 33, 72 years old when she died as Susan Paine
Dora Clement She was 48, now 132 years old as Mrs. McGann
Helen Jerome Eddy She was 42, 92 years old when she died as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Claude Rains He was 49, 77 years old when he died as Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine
Craig Stevens He was 21, 81 years old when he died as Senate Reporter
Charles R. Moore He was 46, 54 years old when he died as Porter
Wade Boteler He was 51, 54 years old when he died as Family Man (uncredited)
James Millican He was 28, 44 years old when he died as Senate Reporter
Stanley Andrews He was 48, 77 years old when he died as Senator Hodges (uncredited)
Charles Lane He was 34, 102 years old when he died as Nosey Newsman
Lloyd Whitlock He was 48, 75 years old when he died as Schultz a Newsman
George Chandler He was 41, 86 years old when he died as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Gardner He was 29, 66 years old when he died as Reporter
Guy Kibbee He was 57, 74 years old when he died as Gov. Hubert 'Happy' Hopper
Johnny Russell He was 50, now 33 years old as Otis Hopper
Frederick Burton He was 67, 86 years old when he died as Senator Dearhorn
Harry Carey He was 61, 69 years old when he died as President of the Senate
Harry Tenbrook He was 52, 72 years old when he died as Bodyguard
Frank Jaquet He was 54, 73 years old when he died as Senator Byron
Harry Strang He was 46, 79 years old when he died as Bodyguard
Thomas Mitchell He was 47, 70 years old when he died as Diz Moore
Allan Cavan He was 59, 60 years old when he died as Ragner a Newsman
Beatrice Curtis as Paine's Secretary
Carl Stockdale He was 65, 79 years old when he died as Senator Burdette
Edwin August He was 55, 80 years old when he died as Senator (uncredited)
William Demarest He was 47, 91 years old when he died as Bill Griffith
Hal Cooke as Reporter
John Tyrrell He was 38, 48 years old when he died as Undetermined Role
Frank O'Connor He was 58, 84 years old when he died as Senator Alfred
Brooks Benedict He was 43, 71 years old when he died as Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler He was 45, 54 years old when he died as Reporter
Jack Carson He was 28, 52 years old when he died as Sweeney Farrell a Newsman (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs He was 60, 72 years old when he died as Mr. Edwards a Howling Citizen
Hank Mann He was 51, 83 years old when he died as Photographer (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse He was 44, 59 years old when he died as Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin He was 49, 70 years old when he died as Sen. Barnes
Delmar Watson He was 13, 82 years old when he died as Jimmie Hopper
Sammy McKim He was 14, 79 years old when he died as Boy Ranger
George Lloyd He was 46, 74 years old when he died as Hoodlum
Olaf Hytten He was 51, 67 years old when he died as Butler (uncredited)
Harry Depp He was 56, 74 years old when he died as Hat Salesman / Secretary
Vernon Dent He was 44, 68 years old when he died as Senate Reporter
Harry Watson He was 41, 102 years old when he died as Hopper Boy
Milton Kibbee He was 43, 74 years old when he died as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado He was 46, 89 years old when he died as Barber (uncredited)
Al Bridge He was 48, 66 years old when he died as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Paul Kruger He was 114, 78 years old when he died as Bodyguard
Lloyd Ingraham He was 64, 81 years old when he died as Committeeman (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough He was 44, 48 years old when he died as Assistant Bartender
Eddie Fetherston He was 43, 68 years old when he died as Senate Reporter
Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Taylor
Eric Mayne He was 74, 81 years old when he died as Man in Senate Building
Mary Gordon She was 57, 81 years old when she died as Woman (uncredited)
Frances Gifford She was 18, 73 years old when she died as Hopper Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore She was 26, 58 years old when she died as Woman at Station (uncredited)
Lester Dorr He was 46, 87 years old when he died as Taylor's Stooge
Burr Caruth He was 74, 87 years old when he died as Townsend
Maurice Cass He was 55, 69 years old when he died as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
John Russell He was 18, 70 years old when he died as Hopper Boy
Harry Hayden He was 56, 72 years old when he died as First Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren She was 43, 89 years old when she died as Head Sister
H.V. Kaltenborn as Himself, a Radio Broadcaster / Trailer Narrator
Max Waizmann as Photographer
Harry C. Bradley He was 70, 78 years old when he died as Arthur Kim
Edward Earle He was 57, 90 years old when he died as Reporter
Eddie Kane He was 50, 79 years old when he died as Reporter
Layne Tom, Jr. was 12, now 96 years old as Boy Ranger
John Dilson He was 48, 53 years old when he died as Secretary
Frank McLure He was 46, 67 years old when he died as Senator (uncredited)
Beulah Bondi She was 50, 91 years old when she died as Ma Smith
Walter Soderling He was 67, 75 years old when he died as Senator Pickett
John Ward as Photographer
Howard M. Mitchell He was 55, 74 years old when he died as Shoe Salesman
Louis Jean Heydt He was 36, 56 years old when he died as Soapbox Speaker
Robert Middlemass He was 56, 66 years old when he died as Second Radio Announcer
Robert Emmett Keane He was 56, 98 years old when he died as Editor (uncredited)
Landers Stevens He was 62, 63 years old when he died as Committeeman
Ben Taggart He was 50, 57 years old when he died as Pompous Man (uncredited)
Maurice Costello He was 62, 73 years old when he died as Diggs (uncredited)
Sam Ash He was 55, 67 years old when he died as Senator Lancaster (uncredited)
Dick Elliott He was 53, 75 years old when he died as Carl Cook
Jack Rice He was 46, 75 years old when he died as Lang
Henry Roquemore He was 53, 57 years old when he died as Senator
George Cooper He was 46, 122 years old when he died as Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Austin He was 62, 76 years old when he died as Inventor at Smith's Office Door (uncredited)
Blanche Payson She was 58, 82 years old when she died as Committeewoman
Wilson Benge He was 64, 80 years old when he died as Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
Robert Dudley He was 365, 381 years old when he died as Reporter
Lynton Brent He was 42, 83 years old when he died as Photographer
Margaret Mann She was 71, 72 years old when she died as Nun
Charles Sullivan He was 40, 73 years old when he died as Cab Driver
Paul Stanton He was 27, now 56 years old as Flood a Newsman
William Worthington He was 67, 69 years old when he died as Committeeman
Philip Hurlic He was 11, 86 years old when he died as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Matt McHugh He was 45, 77 years old when he died as Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Devlin He was 45, 79 years old when he died as Waiter
Anne Cornwall She was 42, 83 years old when she died as Senate Reporter
Charles Regan He was 97, 79 years old when he died as Hoodlum
Arthur Thalasso He was 55, 70 years old when he died as Doorman (uncredited)
Erville Alderson He was 57, 74 years old when he died as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
June Gittelson She was 29, 83 years old when she died as Woman at Station
Vera Lewis She was 66, 82 years old when she died as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Garry Watson as Hopper Boy
Lafe McKee He was 67, 87 years old when he died as Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial
Arthur Loft He was 42, 49 years old when he died as Chief Clerk
John Ince He was 61, 68 years old when he died as Senator Fernwick (uncredited)
Tom Quinn He was 60, 17 years old when he died as Senate Reporter
Frank M. Thomas He was 50, 100 years old when he died as Hendricks
Donald Kerr He was 0, 37 years old when he died as Reporter
Ferris Taylor He was 51, 72 years old when he died as Senator Carlisle
Davison Clark He was 58, 91 years old when he died as Committeeman
Billy Watson He was 49, 64 years old when he died as Peter Hopper
Jack Richardson He was 68, 89 years old when he died as Senator Manchester
Gus Glassmire as Angry Committee Member
Frederick Vroom He was 81, 84 years old when he died as Paine's Friend (uncredited)
William Newell He was 45, 73 years old when he died as Reporter
Gene Morgan He was 46, 47 years old when he died as Reporter

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Crew

Name Department
Joseph Sistrom as Production Office Assistant. He was 27 (53) years old when He died Crew
Cary Odell as Assistant Art Director. He was 28 (77) years old when He died Art
Joseph Walker as Director of Photography. He was 47 (92) years old when He died Camera
Gene Havlick as Editor. He was 45 (65) years old when He died Editing
Sidney Buchman as Screenplay. He was 37 (73) years old when He died Writing
Helen Hunt as Hairstylist. She was 23 (now 60) years old Costume & Make-Up
Lionel Banks as Art Direction. He was 38 (48) years old when He died Art
Charles Vidor as Second Unit. He was 39 (58) years old when He died Crew
Ben Oakland as Music. He was 30 (69) years old when He died Sound
Robert Kalloch as Costume Design. He was 46 (54) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Morris Stoloff as Music Director. He was 41 (81) years old when He died Sound
Walter Holscher as Set Designer. He was 38 (72) years old when He died Art
Irving Lippman as Still Photographer. He was 33 (100) years old when He died Camera
Fred Jackman, Jr. as Special Effects. He was 26 (69) years old when He died Crew
Myles Connolly as Additional Dialogue. He was 42 (66) years old when He died Crew
Frank Capra as Director. He was 42 (94) years old when He died Directing
Frank Capra as Producer. He was 42 (94) years old when He died Production
Richard McWhorter as Assistant Director. Directing
Al Clark as Editor. He was 37 (68) years old when He died Editing
Rex Bailey as Assistant Director. Directing
R. H. Bassett as Music. He was 61 (72) years old when He died Sound
Slavko Vorkapich as Visual Effects. Visual Effects
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (84 years)

Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

  • Release day: Thursday, October 19, 1939
  • Runtime: 129 minutes
  • Budget: 1500000.00
  • Revenue: 9600000.00