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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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

7.8(1,242)19392h 10m7

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.5M
Box office
$9.6M
Language
English
  • governor
  • washington dc, usa
  • senate
  • senator
  • sightseeing
  • politician
  • idealist
  • dam
  • camp
  • conservative
  • black and white
  • disillusionment

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Behind the camera

Director

Frank Capra

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereWashington, D.C.17 Oct 1939
    • TheatricalNR19 Oct 1939
    • Theatrical1 Jun 1949
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU7 Nov 1939
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalGDVD12 Oct 2001
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical23 Feb 1940
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical25 Dec 1939
    • PhysicalLDVD/VHS24 Feb 2006
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU19 Jan 1940
    • Theatrical14 Nov 1945
    • Digital / OTTFrance•tv4 Oct 2025
    • TVFrance•34 Oct 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical05 Apr 1947
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1824 Sept 1941
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG3 May 1940
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical5 Apr 1947
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG9 Oct 1941

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was released on 19 October 1939.

Audience reviews

3
  • A

    Andres Gomez

    9/12/2013

    8/10

    Fun movie with an interesting story and characters but with an extremely naïve ending. In any case, I must to be seen by Frank Capra and a young James Stewart.

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/6/2024

    8/10

    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 m…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    4/4/2024

    7/10

    **A strangely current film that, using comedy, shows us well the problems that affect our democratic system.** I only discovered this film a few days ago. It is quite evident that it has fallen into total oblivion and few people remember it. However, it is worth revisiting. It's a comedy in which an idealistic scoutmaster is recruited for the position of senator, finding himself in a corrupt environment where idea…

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