Na de dood van Jeff Johnson, parlementslid voor Florida, ziet zijn naamgenoot Thomas Jefferson Johnson, een derderangscrimineel en eersteklas charlatan, zijn kans schoon om diens plaats in te nemen. Hij lanceert een campagne die louter op naambekendheid is gebaseerd (Jeff Johnson, de naam die U kent) en slaagt er wonder boven wonder in om verkozen te worden. In de lobby's en informele machtsorganen rond het congres voelt Thomas zich prima thuis.
Nee, helaas is The Distinguished Gentleman nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Jonathan Lynn | Director |
| Camera | Gabriel Beristain | Director of Photography |
| Production | Leonard Goldberg | Producer |
| Sound | Randy Edelman | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Marty Kaplan | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Peyser | Producer |
| Editing | Barry B. Leirer | Editor |
| Editing | Tony Lombardo | Editor |
| Production | Marty Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Richard H. Prince | Production Manager |
| Crew | Alan Oliney | Stunt Coordinator |
| Writing | Marty Kaplan | Story |
| Directing | Frank Capra III | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Denise Pizzini | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Matthew H. Rowland | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Edward T. McAvoy | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Dorree Cooper | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ed Verreaux | Art Direction |
| Production | Mary Goldberg | Casting |
| Art | Leslie Dilley | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Design |
| Camera | Brian LeGrady | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lex Rawlins | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Hope Williams | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Thomas Nemy | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Nicholas S. McLean | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kirby Washington | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Richard Turner | Camera Operator |
| Art | Kenneth Turek | Leadman |
| Camera | Ted Chu | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jeff Mart | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Gary A. Theard | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Gabriel Cubos | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Lloyd | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Fred Judkins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Thomas R. Bryant | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Timothy S. Wiles | Set Dresser |
| Art | Scott E. Bruza | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Jan Aaris | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Kathina Szeto | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Sharp | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | David DeGeus | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Gina Lombardo | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Art | Joey Davis | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Page | Costumer |
| Lighting | Joseph F. Warren | Best Boy Electric |
| Editing | Christopher Kroll | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jim Borgardt | ADR Editor |
| Art | Philip Chapnick | Assistant Property Master |
| Editing | Mark Bourgeois | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | F. Scott Taylor | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Richard R. Powell | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Jamison | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scott Julion | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Chris Todd | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jerelyn J. Harding | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Russell Bobbitt | Property Master |
| Crew | R. Michael Bisetti | Special Effects Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fetteroff Colen | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Fitzpatrick | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Castellano | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Russell Williams II | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Jean Slater | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sheila Evers | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Tom Carlson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Mark A. Tracy | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Lighting | H. Mark Vuille | Gaffer |
| Sound | Scott Weber | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Farmer | Utility Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aida Swinson | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Artmont | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | David Hagberg | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jonathan Klein | ADR Editor |
| Production | Véronique Vowell | Location Manager |
| Sound | Gaston Biraben | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Philip A. Hess | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | David Gertz | Foley Mixer |
| Art | John H. Maxwell | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Jeffrey Laszlo | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Richard Corwin | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Rich Steven | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | William Hooper | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Doc Kane | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas Needell | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Carl Perkinson | Camera Loader |
| Production | Amy Lippens | Casting Associate |
| Art | Geoff Hubbard | Set Designer |
| Production | Miriam Holder Jacobs | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Lark Bernini | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Steve Callas | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Lawrence A. Hubbs | Set Designer |
| Camera | Phil Abraham | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Tina L. Newman | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Barry Wetcher | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Ed Bannon | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Renée Tondelli | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Nyznik | Foley Supervisor |
| Art | Deborah Harman | Set Dresser |
| Production | Murray Miller | Location Manager |
| Directing | Algric Leo Chaplin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Elizabeth Lapp | Set Designer |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Writing | Jonathan Reynolds | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Esposito | Hairstylist |
