Cast & Crew

Directed by

Frank Capra

Writing Credits

Robert Riskin
(screen play)
Clarence Budington Kelland
(story)

Cast

Gary Cooper
Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthur
Babe Bennett
George Bancroft
MacWade
Lionel Stander
Cornelius Cobb
Douglass Dumbrille
John Cedar
Raymond Walburn
Walter
H.B. Warner
Judge May
Ruth Donnelly
Mabel Dawson
Walter Catlett
Morrow
John Wray
Farmer
Stanley Andrews
James Cedar
Frank Austin
George Rankin
John W. Austin
Party Guest
Irving Bacon
Frank
Louise Bates
Minor Role
Bobbie Beal
Chorine
Hank Bell
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom
Billy Bevan
Cabby
Georgie Billings
Little Boy
Edgar Bingham
Tailor
John Binns
Old Lawyer
Wyrley Birch
Psychiatrist
Beatrice Blinn
Assistant Secretary
Katherine Block
Nurse
Sammy Blum
Reporter
William A. Boardway
Party Guest
Joe Bordeaux
Minor Role
Barbara Boudwin
Minor Role
Harry C. Bradley
Anderson
Charles Brinley
Farmer
Hal Budlong
Elevator Man
James Burke
Third bodyguard
Vera Burnett
Minor Role
Fred Cady
Farmer
Mary Jane Carey
Minor Role
James Carlisle
Nightclub Patron
Spencer Charters
Mal
Jack Cheatham
Policeman
Steve Clark
Reporter
Dora Clement
Party Guest
Jack Rube Clifford
Court Policeman
James Conaty
Auditor
Kathryn Connolly
Bit
Charles Conrad
Reporter
George Cooper
Bob
Georgie Cooper
Party Guest
Cecil Cunningham
Minor Role
Thomas A. Curran
Party Guest
Beatrice Curtis
Secretary
Boyd Davis
Young Lawyer
Helen Dickson
Party Guest
Mary Lou Dix
Shop Girl
Rita Donlin
Minor Role
Ann Doran
Girl on Bus
Walter Downing
Farmer
Tex Driscoll
Farmer
Adabelle Driver
Courtroom Spectator
Florence Dudley
Party Guest
Bobby Dunn
Minor Role
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Meredith
Georgia Dunn
Mandrake Falls spinster
Peter Duray
Minor Role
Janet Eastman
Shop Girl
Jay Eaton
Writer
Oliver Eckhardt
Dr. Emerson
Robert Ellsworth
Policeman
Muriel Evans
Theresa
Paul Everton
Farmer
Adolph Faylauer
Nightclub Patron
Juanita Fletcher
Minor Role
Bess Flowers
Party Guest
Charles K. French
Unemployed Farmer
Edward Gargan
Bodyguard
Otto Gervice
Patient
Octavio Giraud
Farmer
Carlton Griffin
Party Guest
Sherry Hall
Charlie
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman
Frank Hammond
Information Booth Man
Sam Harris
Courtroom Spectator
Beth Hartman
Party Guest
Jack Hatfield
Reporter
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Farmers' Spokesman
Althea Henley
Minor Role
Al Herman
Reporter
Charles Herzinger
Minor Role
Lew Hicks
Chuck Collins
Russell Hicks
Dr. Malcolm
Harry Holden
Courtroom Guard
Fay Holderness
Nurse
Frank Holliday
Mr. Dodsworth
Arthur Hoyt
Budington
Arthur Stuart Hull
Party Guest
Paul Hurst
1st Deputy
Warren Hymer
Bodyguard
William Irving
Writer
Gladden James
Court Clerk
Eddie Kane
Brookfield
Edward Keane
Board Member
Barbara Knox
Bit
Anne Kunde
Townswoman
Mike Lally
Reporter
Charles Lane
Sample's sollicitor
Lillian Lawrence
Townswoman
Frederick Lee
Minor Role
James B. Leong
Chinese Chauffeur
Edward LeSaint
Dr. Fosdick
Stella LeSaint
Bit
Vera Lewis
Mandrake Falls spinster
Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter
Margarete Matzenauer
Madame Pomponi
Edwin Maxwell
Douglas
Ralph McCullough
Reporter
Lafe McKee
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron
Margaret McWade
Amy Faulkner
George Meeker
Henneberry
James Mendelson
Reporter
Mayo Methot
Mrs. Semple
Robert Milasch
Farmer
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron
James Millican
Interne
Jack Minton
Young Lawyer
Patricia Monroe
Hat Check Girl
Jack Montgomery
Farmer
Bert Moorhouse
Reporter
Edwin Mordant
Board Member
Gene Morgan
Waiter
Ed Mortimer
Party guest
Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest
Jack Mower
Reporter
John T. Murray
Writer
Louis Natheaux
Waiter
Field Norton
Nightclub Patron
Frank O'Connor
Train Conductor
Vessey O'Davoren
Party Guest
Broderick O'Farrell
Undetermined Secondary Role
Dennis O'Keefe
Courtroom Reporter
Bud Osborne
Unemployed Farmer in Courtroom
Peggy Page
Cigarette Girl
Ethel Palmer
Governess
Franklin Pangborn
The Tailor
Barnett Parker
Butler Arthur
George Pauncefort
Board Member
Esther Peck
Party Guest
Gertrude Pedlar
Party Guest
William 'Bill' Phillips
Cameraman
John Picorri
Board Member
Paul Porcasi
Italian Opera Board Member
Richard Powell
Reporter
Hal Price
Policeman
Arthur Rankin
Reporter
Stella Razeto
Party Guest
Susan Rhoades
Bit
Ky Robinson
Deputy
Frederick Roland
Board Member
Adrian Rosley
Italian Interpreter
Lillian Ross
Hat Check Girl
John Roy
Farmer
Christian Rub
Christian Swenson
Anne Schaefer
Townswoman
Margaret Seddon
Jane Faulkner
Harvey Shepherd
Interne
Antrim Short
Reporter
Lee Shumway
Bailiff
S.S. Simon
Farmer
Kay Smith
Minor Role
Pat Somerset
Minor Role
Harry Stafford
Board Member
Mary Starling
Bit
Larry Steers
Party Guest
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron
Henry Stockbridge
Unemployed Farmer
Brick Sullivan
Policeman
Charles Sullivan
Beatle Puss - Cab Driver
Ced Talbot
Farmer
Peggy Terry
Minor Role
Jameson Thomas
Mr. Semple
John Tyrrell
Reporter
Dale Van Sickel
Lawyer
Ellinor Vanderveer
Party Guest
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Emile Von Hallor
Bess Wade
Minor Role
Pauline Wagner
Telephone Operator
Pierre Watkin
Arthur Cedar
Don Wayson
Intern
Larry Wheat
Clerk
Lee Willard
Businessman
Charles C. Wilson
County Hospital Guard
Jack Wise
Courtroom Reporter
Florence Wix
Party Guest

Produced by

Frank Capra
producer (uncredited)

Music by

Howard Jackson
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Joseph Walker
(photography)

Editing by

Gene Havlick
film editor

Art Direction by

Stephen Goosson

Costume Design by

Samuel Lange
(costumes)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles C. Coleman
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Eric Rohman
poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

Edward Bernds
sound recording engineer (uncredited)
John P. Livadary
sound director (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Roy Davidson
special camera effects (as E. Roy Davidson)

Camera and Electrical Department

Irving Lippman
still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department

Howard Jackson
musical director
Louis Silvers
composer: stock music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Harry Cohn
president: Columbia Pictures Corp. of Calif. Ltd.
Hyatt Daab
press agent (uncredited)
Stewart East
stand-in: Lionel Stander (uncredited)
Frank Hill
stand-in: George Bancroft (uncredited)
Frances Morris
stand-in: Jean Arthur (uncredited)
Jim Priest
stand-in: Douglass Dumbrille (uncredited)
Slim Talbot
stand-in: Gary Cooper (uncredited)
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