Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Comedy Drama Directed by Frank Capra
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After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.

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  1. Dave (1993)
    "Variety on Dave: 'the same bumpkin-bucks-the-system formula that director Frank Capra raised to an art form in 1939 with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Ivan Reitman and screenwriter Gary Ross built the film on Capra's template — an outsider in Washington takes on institutional corruption — with the explicit Capraesque tone." source

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), directed by Frank Capra, has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as Dave. Check out the citations below.