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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

79 %|Oct 19, 1939|Comedy, Drama

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Featured Crew

Sidney Buchman
Screenplay
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Frank Capra
Director
Lewis R. Foster
Story
Lionel Banks
Art Direction
Gene Havlick
Editor
Joseph Walker
Director of Photography
Al Clark
Editor

Cast

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James Stewart
Jefferson Smith
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Jean Arthur
Clarissa Saunders
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Claude Rains
Joseph Paine
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Edward Arnold
Jim Taylor
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Guy Kibbee
Governor Hopper
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Eugene Pallette
Chick McGann
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Beulah Bondi
Ma Smith
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H.B. Warner
Senate Majority Leader
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Harry Carey
President of the Senate
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Astrid Allwyn
Susan Paine
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Ruth Donnelly
Emma Hopper
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Grant Mitchell
Senator MacPherson
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Porter Hall
Senator Monroe
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Pierre Watkin
Senator Barnes
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William Demarest
Bill Griffith
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Dick Elliott
Carl Cook
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Billy Watson
Peter Hopper
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Delmar Watson
Jimmie Hopper
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John Russell
Hopper Boy
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Harry Watson
Hopper Boy
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Garry Watson
Hopper Boy
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Larry Simms
Hopper Boy
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H.V. Kaltenborn
Radio Broadcaster
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Russell Simpson
Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
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Frances Gifford
Hopper Girl (uncredited)
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Colin James Mackey
Narrator (uncredited)
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Wilson Benge
Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
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Dickie Jones
Richard Jones (uncredited)
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Erville Alderson
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
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Frank Puglia
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
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Maurice Cass
Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
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Stanley Andrews
Senator Hodges (uncredited)
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Al Bridge
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
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Edwin August
Senator (uncredited)
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Edmund Cobb
Senator Gower (uncredited)
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Sam Ash
Senator Lancaster (uncredited)
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Harry A. Bailey
Senator Hammett (uncredited)
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Stanley Mack
Senator (uncredited)
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Brooks Benedict
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
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Wade Boteler
Family Man (uncredited)
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Dorothy Comingore
Woman at Station (uncredited)
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Chester Conklin
Reporter (uncredited)
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Gino Corrado
Barber (uncredited)
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Ann Doran
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
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Robert Emmett Keane
Editor (uncredited)
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Matt McHugh
Reporter (uncredited)
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Kathryn Bates
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Frank Austin
Inventor (uncredited)
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William Arnold
Reporter (uncredited)
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Tommy Baker
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Robert Sterling
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Dub Taylor
Reporter (uncredited)
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George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Porter (uncredited)
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Jack Carson
Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)
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Tommy Bupp
Cheering Boy (uncredited)
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Dora Clement
Mrs. McGann (uncredited)
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Bert Moorhouse
Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
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Harry C. Bradley
Arthur Kim (uncredited)
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Lynton Brent
Photographer (uncredited)
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Ed Brewer
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Harlan Briggs
Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
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Harry Burkhardt
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Frederick Burton
Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
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Georgia Caine
Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)
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Ken Carpenter
Announcer (uncredited)
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Burr Caruth
Townsend (uncredited)
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Allan Cavan
Ragner (uncredited)
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Eddy Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)
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Davison Clark
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Richard Clucas
(uncredited)
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Shirley Coates
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
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Eddie Coke
Photographer (uncredited)
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Hal Cooke
Reporter (uncredited)
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Alec Craig
Speaker (uncredited)
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Anne Cornwall
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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George Cooper
Waiter (uncredited)
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Georgie Cooper
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Jack Cooper
Photographer (uncredited)
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Nick Copeland
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Vernon Dent
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Maurice Costello
Diggs (uncredited)
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Beatrice Curtis
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
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Lew Davis
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
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Dulcie Day
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Wally Dean
Paine's Friend (uncredited)
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Harry Depp
Hat Salesman / Secretary (uncredited)
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Byron Foulger
Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
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Helen Jerome Eddy
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
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Douglas Evans
Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
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Joe Devlin
Waiter (uncredited)
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Clyde Dilson
Reporter (uncredited)
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John Dilson
Secretary (uncredited)
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Neal Dodd
Senate Chaplain (uncredited)
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Lester Dorr
Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
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Robert Dudley
Reporter (uncredited)
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Edward Earle
Reporter (uncredited)
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Jack Egan
Reporter (uncredited)
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Eddie Fetherston
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Mabel Forrest
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Gladys Gale
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Jack Gardner
Reporter (uncredited)
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Mary Gordon
Woman (uncredited)
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June Gittelson
Woman at Station (uncredited)
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Lorna Gray
Woman at Station (uncredited)
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Harry Hayden
First Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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Louis Jean Heydt
Soapbox Speaker (uncredited)
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John Ince
Senator Fernwick (uncredited)
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Frank Jaquet
Senator Byron (uncredited)
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Philo McCullough
Senator Albert (uncredited)
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Wright Kramer
Senator Carlton (uncredited)
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Henry Hebert
Senator (uncredited)
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Fred Hoose
Senator (uncredited)
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Richard Kipling
Senator (uncredited)
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Roger Haliday
Senate Guard (uncredited)
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Wilfred Hari
House Boy (uncredited)
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Philip Hurlic
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Olaf Hytten
Butler (uncredited)
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Lloyd Ingraham
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Mitchell Ingraham
(uncredited)
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Dick Jensen
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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John Lester Johnson
Butler (uncredited)
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Eddie Kane
Reporter (uncredited)
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Donald Kerr
Reporter (uncredited)
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Milton Kibbee
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Joe King
Summers (uncredited)
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Evalyn Knapp
Reporter (uncredited)
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Paul Kruger
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Bobby Larson
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Billy Lechner
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Jackie Lowe
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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P.H. Levy
Rabbi (uncredited)
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Vera Lewis
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
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Jack Lindquist
Chorus Member (uncredited)
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George Lloyd
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Arthur Loft
Chief Clerk (uncredited)
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Jack Low
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Jimmie Lucas
Photographer (uncredited)
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Mary MacLaren
Head Sister (uncredited)
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Hank Mann
Photographer (uncredited)
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Margaret Mann
Nun (uncredited)
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Eric Mayne
Man in Senate Building (uncredited)
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Ralph McCullough
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
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George McKay
Reporter (uncredited)
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Lafe McKee
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
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Ben Taggart
Pompous Man (uncredited)
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Field Norton
Pompous Man (uncredited)
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Wilfred Lucas
Pompous Man (uncredited)
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Sammy McKim
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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James McNamara
Reporter (uncredited)
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William Newell
Reporter (uncredited)
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Robert Middlemass
Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
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James Millican
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Howard M. Mitchell
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
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Charles R. Moore
Porter (uncredited)
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Gene Morgan
Reporter (uncredited)
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Robert Morgan
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
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Ray Nichols
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Alex Novinsky
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
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Frank O'Connor
Senator Alfred (uncredited)
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Frank Otto
Fisk (uncredited)
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Joe Palma
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Spencer Quinn
(uncredited)
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Tom Quinn
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Ed Randolph
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Charles Regan
Hoodlum (uncredited)
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Jack Rice
Lang (uncredited)
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Wyndham Standing
Senator Ashman (uncredited)
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Ferris Taylor
Senator Carlisle (uncredited)
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Jack Richardson
Senator Manchester (uncredited)
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Walter Soderling
Senator Pickett (uncredited)
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Harry Stafford
Senator Atwater (uncredited)
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Victor Travis
Senator Grainger (uncredited)
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Carl Stockdale
Senator Burdette (uncredited)
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Bob Walker
Senator Holland (uncredited)
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Henry Roquemore
Senator (uncredited)
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Craig Stevens
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
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Paul Stanton
Flood a Newsman (uncredited)
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Johnny Russell
Otis Hopper (uncredited)
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Walter Sande
Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)
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Frank M. Thomas
Hendricks (uncredited)
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Harry Strang
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Harry Tenbrook
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Dave Willock
Senate Guard (uncredited)
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Lloyd Whitlock
Schultz (uncredited)
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John Tyrrell
(uncredited)
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Frederick Vroom
Paine's Friend (uncredited)
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Charles Sullivan
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Arthur Thalasso
Doorman (uncredited)
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Edward Thomas
Butler (uncredited)
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Laura Treadwell
Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
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Layne Tom Jr.
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
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Myonne Walsh
Jane Hopper (uncredited)
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Billy Wayne
Reporter (uncredited)
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Max Waizmann
Photographer (uncredited)
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John Ward
Photographer (uncredited)
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Jane Loofbourrow
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Blanche Payson
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Emma Tansey
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Bess Wade
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Florence Wix
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Eleanor Wood
Committeewoman (uncredited)
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Jesse Graves
Black Committeeman (uncredited)
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Gus Glassmire
Angry Committee Member (uncredited)
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Larry Steers
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Landers Stevens
Committeeman (uncredited)
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William Worthington
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Edward Biby
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
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Count Stefenelli
Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
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David Wade
(uncredited)
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Frank McLure
Senator (uncredited)