Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
“Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Mr. Smith Goes to Washington performed
Budget
$1.5M
Worldwide Gross
$9.6M
Gross Profit
$8.1M
Return
6.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jefferson Smith
James Stewart
Jefferson Smith
Clarissa Saunders
Jean Arthur
Clarissa Saunders
Joseph Paine
Claude Rains
Joseph Paine
Jim Taylor
Edward Arnold
Jim Taylor
Governor Hopper
Guy Kibbee
Governor Hopper
Diz Moore
Thomas Mitchell
Diz Moore
Chick McGann
Eugene Pallette
Chick McGann
Ma Smith
Beulah Bondi
Ma Smith
Senate Majority Leader
H.B. Warner
Senate Majority Leader
President of the Senate
Harry Carey
President of the Senate
Susan Paine
Astrid Allwyn
Susan Paine
Emma Hopper
Ruth Donnelly
Emma Hopper
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