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Genres:
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Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Frank Capra
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Actors:
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Edward Arnold,
Beulah Bondi,
Jean Arthur,
James Stewart,
Claude Rains,
Guy Kibbee,
Thomas Mitchell,
Eugene Pallette,
H.B. Warner,
Harry Carey
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Duration:
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129 min.
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Rating:
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(8.4/10)115.5
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Plot Summary:
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Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, chief of the Chum Rangers, is appointed on a mischief by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state's elder senator--presidential assured and boyhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. In Washington, however, Smith discovers multifarious of the shortcomings of the political development as his earnest goal of a federal 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 a innuendo.
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