Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(1939)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 1,230 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1939

Runtime: 129 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Фрэнк Капра

Cast: Джеймс Стюарт, Jean Arthur, Клод Рейнс, Edward Arnold, Гай Кибби, Томас Митчелл, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi, H.B. Warner, Harry Carey

Plot

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.

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state's senior senator--presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor. Taylor first tries to corrupt Smith and then later attempts to destroy Smith through a scandal.