As we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday this week, we’ll watch Frank Capra's inspiring Best Picture nominee about a wide-eyed patriotic bumpkin named Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), who's appointed to the Senate by corrupt politicians, chief among them and unbeknownst to Smith is a senior senator whom he idolized.

Stewart was nominated for Best Actor, and the film received 11 total Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Writing, Original Story.

129 minutes, Not Rated.

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