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Directed by | |||
| Frank Capra | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Sidney Buchman | (screenplay) | |
| Lewis R. Foster | (story) | |
| Myles Connolly | contributor to screenplay construction and dialogue (uncredited) | |
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
 | Jean Arthur | ... | Clarissa Saunders |
 | James Stewart | ... | Jefferson Smith |
 | Claude Rains | ... | Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine |
 | Edward Arnold | ... | Jim Taylor |
 | Guy Kibbee | ... | Gov. Hubert Hopper |
 | Thomas Mitchell | ... | Diz Moore |
 | Eugene Pallette | ... | Chick McGann |
 | Beulah Bondi | ... | Ma Smith |
 | H.B. Warner | ... | Senate Majority Leader - Agnew |
 | Harry Carey | ... | President of the Senate - Henry |
| Astrid Allwyn | ... | Susan Paine |
| Ruth Donnelly | ... | Mrs. Emma Hopper |
 | Grant Mitchell | ... | Sen. MacPherson |
| Porter Hall | ... | Sen. Martin Monroe |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Senate Minority Leader, Barnes |
 | Charles Lane | ... | Nosey |
 | William Demarest | ... | Carl Griffith |
| Dick Elliott | ... | Bill Cook |
| Billy Watson | ... | Peter Hopper |
| Delmar Watson | ... | Jimmie Hopper |
 | John Russell | ... | Otis Hopper (as John Russell) |
| Harry Watson | ... | Hopper Boy |
| Garry Watson | ... | Hopper Boy (as Gary Watson) |
| Larry Simms | ... | Hopper Boy (as Baby Dumpling) |
| H.V. Kaltenborn | ... | Himself - Radio Broadcaster / Trailer Narrator |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Erville Alderson | ... | Handwriting Expert (uncredited) |
| Harry Anderson | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
| Stanley Andrews | ... | Sen. Hodges (uncredited) |
| William Arnold | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Sam Ash | ... | Sen. Lancaster (uncredited) |
| Edwin August | ... | Senator (uncredited) |
| Frank Austin | ... | Inventor at Smith's Office Door (uncredited) |
| Harry A. Bailey | ... | Sen. Hammett (uncredited) |
| Tommy Baker | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| Kathryn Bates | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Brooks Benedict | ... | Senate Clerk (uncredited) |
| Wilson Benge | ... | Hopper's Butler (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | ... | Family Man (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | ... | Arthur Kim (uncredited) |
| Lynton Brent | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Ed Brewer | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Al Bridge | ... | Sen. Dwight (uncredited) |
| Harlan Briggs | ... | Mr. Edwards - Howling Citizen (uncredited) |
| Tommy Bupp | ... | Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting (uncredited) |
| Harry Burkhardt | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frederick Burton | ... | Sen. Dearhorn (uncredited) |
| Georgia Caine | ... | Third Radio Speaker (uncredited) |
| Ken Carpenter | ... | Announcer (uncredited) |
 | Jack Carson | ... | Sweeney Farrell - Newsman (uncredited) |
| Burr Caruth | ... | Townsend (uncredited) |
| Maurice Cass | ... | Handwriting Expert (uncredited) |
| Allan Cavan | ... | Ragner - Newsman (uncredited) |
| Eddy Chandler | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| George Chandler | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Davison Clark | ... | Committeeman (uncredited) |
| Dora Clement | ... | Mrs. McGann (uncredited) |
| Shirley Coates | ... | Assistant Bartender (uncredited) |
| Edmund Cobb | ... | Sen. Gower (uncredited) |
| Eddie Coke | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
 | Dorothy Comingore | ... | Woman at Station (uncredited) |
| Chester Conklin | ... | Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery (uncredited) |
| Hal Cooke | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| George Cooper | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Georgie Cooper | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Jack Cooper | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Nick Copeland | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Anne Cornwall | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
 | Gino Corrado | ... | Barber (uncredited) |
| Maurice Costello | ... | Diggs - Newsman (uncredited) |
| Alec Craig | ... | Speaker (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Curtis | ... | Paine's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Lew Davis | ... | Senate Clerk (uncredited) |
| Dulcie Day | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Wally Dean | ... | Paine's Friend (uncredited) |
| Vernon Dent | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Harry Depp | ... | Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited) |
| Joe Devlin | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Clyde Dilson | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| John Dilson | ... | Secretary (uncredited) |
| Neal Dodd | ... | Senate Chaplain (uncredited) |
 | Ann Doran | ... | Paine's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Lester Dorr | ... | Taylor's Stooge (uncredited) |
| Robert Dudley | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Edward Earle | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | ... | Paine's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Jack Egan | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Douglas Evans | ... | Francis Scott Key (uncredited) |
| Eddie Fetherston | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Mabel Forrest | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Hopper's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Gladys Gale | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Jack Gardner | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frances Gifford | ... | Hopper Girl (uncredited) |
| June Gittelson | ... | Woman at Station (uncredited) |
| Gus Glassmire | ... | Angry committee member (uncredited) |
| Mary Gordon | ... | Woman (uncredited) |
| Jesse Graves | ... | Black Committeeman (uncredited) |
| Lorna Gray | ... | Woman at Station (uncredited) |
| Roger Haliday | ... | Senate Guard (uncredited) |
| Wilfred Hari | ... | House Boy (uncredited) |
| Harry Hayden | ... | First Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| Henry Hebert | ... | Senator (uncredited) |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Soapbox Speaker (uncredited) |
| Fred Hoose | ... | Senator (uncredited) |
| Philip Hurlic | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | ... | Butler (uncredited) |
| John Ince | ... | Sen. Fernwick (uncredited) |
| Lloyd Ingraham | ... | Committeeman (uncredited) |
| Mitchell Ingraham | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Frank Jaquet | ... | Sen. Byron (uncredited) |
| Dick Jensen | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
| John Lester Johnson | ... | Butler (uncredited) |
| Dickie Jones | ... | Pageboy Richard Jones (uncredited) |
| Eddie Kane | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Robert Emmett Keane | ... | Editor (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Milton Kibbee | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Joe King | ... | Summers - newsman (uncredited) |
| Richard Kipling | ... | Senator (uncredited) |
| Evalyn Knapp | ... | Reporter Asking 'What Do You Think of the Girls in This Town?' (uncredited) |
| Wright Kramer | ... | Sen. Carlton (uncredited) |
| Paul Kruger | ... | Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| Bobby Larson | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| Billy Lechner | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| P.H. Levy | ... | Rabbi (uncredited) |
| Vera Lewis | ... | Mrs. Edwards (uncredited) |
| George Lloyd | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
| Arthur Loft | ... | Chief Clerk (uncredited) |
| Jane Loofbourrow | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Jack Low | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
| Jackie Lowe | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| Jimmie Lucas | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Wilfred Lucas | ... | Pompous Man (uncredited) |
| Stanley Mack | ... | Senator (uncredited) |
| Mary MacLaren | ... | Head Sister (uncredited) |
| Hank Mann | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Margaret Mann | ... | Nun with Cheering Orphan Boys (uncredited) |
| Eric Mayne | ... | Man in Senate Building (uncredited) |
| Philo McCullough | ... | Sen. Albert (uncredited) |
| Ralph McCullough | ... | Assistant Bartender (uncredited) |
| Matt McHugh | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| George McKay | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Lafe McKee | ... | Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited) |
| Sammy McKim | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| James McNamara | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Robert Middlemass | ... | Second Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| James Millican | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Howard M. Mitchell | ... | Shoe Salesman (uncredited) |
| Charles R. Moore | ... | Porter (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | ... | Man in Senate Building (uncredited) |
| Gene Morgan | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Robert Morgan | ... | Senate Clerk (uncredited) |
| William Newell | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Ray Nichols | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| Field Norton | ... | Pompous Man (uncredited) |
| Alex Novinsky | ... | Foreign Diplomat (uncredited) |
| Frank O'Connor | ... | Sen. Alfred (uncredited) |
| Frank Otto | ... | Fisk (uncredited) |
| Joe Palma | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
| Blanche Payson | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Frank Puglia | ... | Handwriting Expert (uncredited) |
| Tom Quinn | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Ed Randolph | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Charles Regan | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
| Jack Rice | ... | Lang (uncredited) |
| Jack Richardson | ... | Sen. Manchester (uncredited) |
| Henry Roquemore | ... | Senator (uncredited) |
| Johnny Russell | ... | Otis Hopper (uncredited) |
| Walter Sande | ... | Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited) |
| Russell Simpson | ... | Kenneth Allen (uncredited) |
| Walter Soderling | ... | Sen. Pickett (uncredited) |
| Harry Stafford | ... | Sen. Atwater (uncredited) |
| Wyndham Standing | ... | Sen. Ashman (uncredited) |
| Paul Stanton | ... | Flood - Newsman (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | ... | Committeeman (uncredited) |
| Count Stefenelli | ... | Foreign Diplomat (uncredited) |
 | Robert Sterling | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Craig Stevens | ... | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| Landers Stevens | ... | Committeeman (uncredited) |
| Carl Stockdale | ... | Sen. Burdette (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | ... | Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | ... | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| Ben Taggart | ... | Pompous Man (uncredited) |
| Emma Tansey | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
 | Dub Taylor | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Ferris Taylor | ... | Sen. Carlisle (uncredited) |
| Harry Tenbrook | ... | Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| Arthur Thalasso | ... | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Edward Thomas | ... | Butler (uncredited) |
| Frank M. Thomas | ... | Hendricks (uncredited) |
| Layne Tom Jr. | ... | Boy Ranger (uncredited) |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | ... | Porter (uncredited) |
| Victor Travers | ... | Sen. Grainger (uncredited) |
| Laura Treadwell | ... | Mrs. Taylor (uncredited) |
| John Tyrrell | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Frederick Vroom | ... | Paine's Friend (uncredited) |
| Bess Wade | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Max Waizmann | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Robert Walker | ... | Sen. Holland (uncredited) |
| Myonne Walsh | ... | Jane Hopper (uncredited) |
| John Ward | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Billy Wayne | ... | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Lloyd Whitlock | ... | Schultz - Newsman (uncredited) |
| Dave Willock | ... | Senate Guard (uncredited) |
| Florence Wix | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Wood | ... | Committeewoman (uncredited) |
| William Worthington | ... | Committeeman (uncredited) |
Produced by | |||
| Frank Capra | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Dimitri Tiomkin | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Joseph Walker | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Al Clark | |||
| Gene Havlick | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Lionel Banks | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Robert Kalloch | (gowns) (as Kalloch) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Faye Hanlin | .... | hair (uncredited) | |
| Helen Hunt | .... | hair (uncredited) | |
| William Knight | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| Fred B. Phillips | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Arthur S. Black Jr. | .... | assistant director (as Arthur S. Black) | |
| Rex Bailey | .... | second assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Richard McWhorter | .... | second assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Charles Vidor | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Walter Holscher | .... | set designer (uncredited) | |
| George Montgomery | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
| Cary Odell | .... | assistant art director (uncredited) | |
| Jack Wrenn | .... | prop master (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Edward Bernds | .... | sound engineer (uncredited) | |
| John P. Livadary | .... | supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Fred Jackman Jr. | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Slavko Vorkapich | .... | montage effects | |
| John Hoffman | .... | montage effects (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| George Hager | .... | head electrician (uncredited) | |
| William Jolley | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| George F. Kelley | .... | second operative camera (uncredited) | |
| Al Layter | .... | assistant electrician (uncredited) | |
| Irving Lippman | .... | photographer: production stills (uncredited) | |
| Irving Lippman | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
| James Lloyd | .... | head grip (uncredited) | |
| Enzo A. Martinelli | .... | second assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Adolph L. Schafer | .... | special portrait art (uncredited) | |
| Victor Scheurich | .... | first operative camera (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Forrest T. Butler | .... | wardrobe: men (uncredited) | |
| Ray Howell | .... | head of wardrobe (uncredited) | |
| Roselle Novello | .... | wardrobe: women (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Morris Stoloff | .... | musical director (as M.W. Stoloff) | |
| R.H. Bassett | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Ben Oakland | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| James D. Preston | .... | technical advisor (uncredited) | |
| Joseph Sistrom | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
| Harold Winston | .... | dialogue director (uncredited) | |
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