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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Sidney Buchman
screenplay
Myles Connolly
contributor to screenplay construction and dialogue

Cast

Jean Arthur
Saunders
James Stewart
Jefferson Smith
Claude Rains
Senator Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold
Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee
Governor Hopper
Eugene Pallette
Chick McGann
H.B. Warner
Senate Majority Leader
Harry Carey
President of the Senate
Astrid Allwyn
Susan Paine
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Hopper
Grant Mitchell
Senator MacPherson
Porter Hall
Senator Monroe
H.V. Kaltenborn
H.V. Kaltenborn
Pierre Watkin
Senate Minority Leader
Dick Elliott
Carl Cook
William Demarest
Bill Griffith
Billy Watson
Hopper Boy
Delmar Watson
Hopper Boy
Harry Watson
Hopper Boy
Larry Simms
Hopper Boy
Garry Watson
Hopper Boy
Erville Alderson
Handwriting Expert
Stanley Andrews
Senator Hodges
Sam Ash
Senator Lancaster
Frank Austin
Inventor at Smith's Office Door
Harry A. Bailey
Senator Hammett
Tommy Baker
Boy Ranger
Kathryn Bates
Committeewoman
Brooks Benedict
Senate Clerk
Wilson Benge
Hopper's Butler
Edward Biby
Foreign Diplomat
Wade Boteler
Family Man
Lynton Brent
Photographer
Ed Brewer
Senate Reporter
Al Bridge
Senator Dwight
Harlan Briggs
Mr. Edwards - Howling Citizen
Edward Brophy
Newspaper Employee
Tommy Bupp
Boy Cheering for Smith in Meeting
Harry Burkhardt
Senate Reporter
Frederick Burton
Senator Dearhorn
Georgia Caine
Third Radio Speaker
Ken Carpenter
Announcer
Jack Carson
Sweeney Farrell - Newsman
Burr Caruth
Townsend
Maurice Cass
Handwriting Expert
Allan Cavan
Ragner - Newsman
Davison Clark
Committeeman
Dora Clement
Mrs. McGann
Richard Clucas
Minor Role
Shirley Coates
Assistant Bartender
Edmund Cobb
Senator Gower
Eddie Coke
Photographer
Dorothy Comingore
Woman at Station
Chester Conklin
Man in Press Section of Senate Gallery
Hal Cooke
Reporter
Georgie Cooper
Committeewoman
Jack Cooper
Photographer
Nick Copeland
Senate Reporter
Anne Cornwall
Senate Reporter
Maurice Costello
Diggs - Newsman
Alec Craig
Speaker
Beatrice Curtis
Paine's Secretary
Lew Davis
Senate Clerk
Dulce Day
Senate Reporter
Wally Dean
Paine's Friend
Vernon Dent
Senate Reporter
Harry Depp
Hat Salesman / Secretary
John Dilson
Secretary
Neal Dodd
Senate Chaplain
Ann Doran
Paine's Secretary
Lester Dorr
Taylor's Stooge
Helen Jerome Eddy
Paine's Secretary
Jack Egan
Reporter
Douglas Evans
Francis Scott Key
Eddie Fetherston
Senate Reporter
Mabel Forrest
Senate Reporter
Byron Foulger
Hopper's Secretary
Gladys Gale
Committeewoman
Frances Gifford
Hopper Girl
June Gittelson
Woman at Station
Gus Glassmire
Angry Committee Member
Jesse Graves
Black Committeeman
Lorna Gray
Woman at Station

Produced By

Frank Capra
producer

Cinematography

Joseph Walker
director of photography

Sound

Edward Bernds
sound engineer
John P. Livadary
supervising sound editor

Art Direction

Costumes

Robert Kalloch
Costume Designer

Makeup

William Knight
makeup artist
Fred B. Phillips
makeup artist

Special Effects

Fred Jackman Jr.
special effects

Visual Effects

Slavko Vorkapich
montage effects
John Hoffman
montage effects

Assistant Director

Arthur S. Black Jr.
assistant director
Rex Bailey
second assistant director
Richard McWhorter
second assistant director
Charles Vidor
second unit director

Art Department

Walter Holscher
set designer
Cary Odell
assistant art director
Jack Wrenn
prop master

Editorial

Sheri Eisenberg
theatrical & HDR mastering colorist

Other

James D. Preston
technical advisor
Joseph Sistrom
production assistant
Harold Winston
dialogue director

Music Department

Morris Stoloff
musical director
R.H. Bassett
composer: stock music
Ben Oakland
composer: stock music

Costume Department

Forrest T. Butler
wardrobe: men
Ray Howell
head of wardrobe
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller
Roselle Novello
wardrobe: women

Camera Department

George Hager
head electrician
William Jolley
assistant camera
George F. Kelley
second operative camera
Al Layter
assistant electrician
Irving Lippman
photographer: production stills / still photographer
James Lloyd
head grip
Enzo A. Martinelli
second assistant camera
Adolph L. Schafer
special portrait art
Victor Scheurich
first operative camera
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