Title: High praise from the highest source.
Product review: Hollywood's most distinguished actor (let the record speak for itself) listed this and "It's a Wonderful Life" as his two favorite films. That comment really made me take notice, especially after considering Mr. Smith, Vertigo, Rear Window, Philadelphia Story, etc., etc. And I think he may be right. His character is a more mature, moderated version of George Bailey, but the role is especially challenging because the parameters of belief and subsequent disillusion must be so much more contained. Add to Stewart's performance the others by this perfect cast, along with a steady directing hand but the often erratic Preminger and Duke Ellington's best movie score, and the result is the ultimate courtroom drama--not to mention a great movie.
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