It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasnt his fault. In Christmas carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence, and it isnt a pretty place. Moral courage, small-town American life, civic cooperation, and family love are glorified; corporate greed and self-involvement are vilified; at the climax, a blanket of snow like spun sugar makes everything pure and clean like redemption itself.
Direction Frank Capra
Cast James Stewart · Donna Reed · Lionel Barrymore · Thomas Mitchell · Henry Travers · Beulah Bondi · Frank Faylen · Ward Bond · Gloria Grahame · H.B. Warner · Frank Albertson · Todd Karns · Samuel S. Hinds · Mary Treen · Virginia Patton · Charles Williams · Argentina Brunetti · Karolyn Grimes
Soundtrack Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay Frances Goodrich · Albert Hackett · Frank Capra
Cinematography Joseph Walker · Joseph F. Biroc
Original title It's a Wonderful Life
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