Cast
- Jean Arthur as Saunders
- James Stewart as Jefferson Smith
- Claude Rains as Senator Joseph Paine
- Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor
- Guy Kibbee as Governor Hopper
- Thomas Mitchell as "Diz" Moore
- Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann
- Beulah Bondi as Ma Smith
- H. B. Warner as Senate Majority Leader
- Harry Carey as President of the Senate
- Astrid Allwyn as Susan Paine
- Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. Hopper
- Grant Mitchell as Senator MacPherson
- Porter Hall as Senator Monroe
- Pierre Watkin as Senate Minority Leader
- Charles Lane as "Nosey"
- William Demarest as Bill Griffith
- Dick Elliott as Carl Cook
- Billy Watson
- Delmar Watson
- John Russell
- Harry Watson
- Gary Watson
- Baby Dumpling
- Larry Simms as The Hopper Boys
- and H. V. Kaltenborn
Among unbilled veteran character actors seen in the film are Guy Kibbee's brother, Milton Kibbee, who has a bit as a reporter, Lafe McKee and Matt McHugh of the McHugh acting family. A number of the cast members and distinctive plot motifs would reappear in It's a Wonderful Life.
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