Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is so far the best Hollywood picture of the year. It is pleasant to be able to say this without if's and but's.
-- Franz Hoellering, The Nation

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington


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MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
Sunday, October 14th, at 7PM and Wednesday, October 17th, at 2PM

The naïve Jeff Smith (James Stewart) is appointed as a U.S. Senator by a corrupt political party machine headed by the Governor, a publisher and Senator Paine (Claude Rains). Paine, hoping to keep Senator Smith from prying into a pending bill for an unnecessary but profitable dam, suggests to Smith that he sponsor a bill for his own pet project, a boys’ camp. Meanwhile, Smith’s disillusioned secretary, Saunders (Jean Arthur), who is on Paine’s payroll, has fallen in love with Mr. Smith. She informs him that the dam and camp share the same land site! Shocked, Mr. Smith threatens Paine with exposure, but Paine tells the senate that Smith owns the land. Mr. Smith fights back with a heroic one-man filibuster.

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Not Rated
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Repertory, TCM Big Screen Classics
Runtime
129
Language
English
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains

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