This early triumph for James Stewart, courtesy of director Frank
Capra (with
whom he would later make It’s a Wonderful Life), is essential Americana
as a young idealist fills a vacancy in the U.S. Senate and discovers the extent
of corruption there. With Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward
Arnold, Thomas Mitchell. (US 1939) 129 min.
Part of James Stewart, American Icon
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