Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 The work by world-famous master director Frank Capra features names such as James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Claude Rains. It continues to protect its place among the best productions on politics and corruption today. Sam Foley is a senator of the US government, and after news of his death, government official Hubert Hopper must make a new appointment to replace the deceased senator. Hopper will experience different conflicts and be quite indecisive about fulfilling this task.