美國的一個小鎮,Jefferson Smith(詹姆斯·斯圖爾特 James Stewart飾)是當地的童子軍的首領,深受青少年們的喜愛,被選為新的參議員,來到了華盛頓。遇到了他父親的老朋友,同為參議員的Joseph Paine(克勞德·雷恩斯 Claude Rains飾),並且迷上了Joseph的漂亮女兒。單純的Jefferson從來沒來過華盛頓,在華盛頓...
Jörgen Hofmeester is desperately looking for his missing daughter Tirza and heading towards a brutal confrontation with the man who has been the undoing of his favorite child.