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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Movie · 1939 · 129 min

A stirring, earnest drama that builds from folksy charm to a tense, exhausting moral stand, leaving you moved and a little wrung out.

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1939 film by Frank Capra
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Year
1939
Runtime
129 min
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • justice
  • identity
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, comedy, political
Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Lewis R. Foster, Sidney Buchman
Starring
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Edward Arnold, Chester Conklin
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Joseph Walker
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States
Languages
American English

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