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 |
| Writing | Marty Kaplan | Screenplay |
| Production | Leonard Goldberg | Producer |
| Production | Marty Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Peyser | Producer |
| Sound | Randy Edelman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gabriel Beristain | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Barry B. Leirer | Editor |
| Editing | Tony Lombardo | Editor |
| Production | Mary Goldberg | Casting |
| Art | Leslie Dilley | Production Design |
| Art | Ed Verreaux | Art Direction |
| Art | Dorree Cooper | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Design |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Writing | Jonathan Reynolds | Story |
| Writing | Marty Kaplan | Story |
| Directing | Matthew H. Rowland | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Frank Capra III | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Richard H. Prince | Production Manager |
| Art | Edward T. McAvoy | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Denise Pizzini | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Crew | Alan Oliney | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Kenneth Turek | Leadman |
| Camera | Richard Turner | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ted Chu | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lex Rawlins | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nicholas S. McLean | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kirby Washington | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Brian LeGrady | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Thomas Nemy | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Jeff Mart | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | Hope Williams | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Russell Williams II | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gary A. Theard | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Gabriel Cubos | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Paul Farmer | Utility Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Jean Slater | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fetteroff Colen | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Page | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Fitzpatrick | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aida Swinson | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Castellano | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Jamison | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Lloyd | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Sharp | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Artmont | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sheila Evers | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scott Julion | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Esposito | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | H. Mark Vuille | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Joseph F. Warren | Best Boy Electric |
| Editing | Christopher Kroll | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | David DeGeus | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Gina Lombardo | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mark Bourgeois | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Thomas A. Carlson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Fred Judkins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gaston Biraben | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Philip A. Hess | Sound Editor |
| Sound | William Hooper | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Chris Todd | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Hagberg | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Scott Weber | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ed Bannon | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard Corwin | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Rich Steven | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Renée Tondelli | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jim Borgardt | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jerelyn J. Harding | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jonathan Klein | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Doc Kane | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Bruce Nyznik | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | David Gertz | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | F. Scott Taylor | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mark A. Tracy | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Thomas R. Bryant | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Needell | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Russell Bobbitt | Property Master |
| Art | Philip Chapnick | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Joey Davis | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | John Hammer Maxwell | Set Dresser |
| Art | Deborah Harman | Set Dresser |
| Art | Timothy S. Wiles | Set Dresser |
| Art | Scott E. Bruza | Set Dresser |
| Art | Richard R. Powell | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Jan Aaris | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | R. Michael Bisetti | Special Effects Assistant |
| Production | Murray Miller | Location Manager |
| Production | Véronique Vowell | Location Manager |
| Production | Lark Bernini | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Tina L. Newman | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Miriam Holder Jacobs | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Algric Leo Chaplin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Amy Lippens | Casting Associate |
| Art | Geoff Hubbard | Set Designer |
| Art | Lawrence A. Hubbs | Set Designer |
| Art | Elizabeth Lapp | Set Designer |
| Art | Steve Callas | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Jeffrey Laszlo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Phil Abraham | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kathina Szeto | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Carl Perkinson | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Barry Wetcher | Still Photographer |
