It's a Wonderful Life

(1946)

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Synopsis

Frank Capra's classic stars Oscar nominee James Stewart as George Bailey, a decent small-town banker who learns what life would have been like if he'd never been born after he unwittingly becomes involved in a mistaken case of bank fraud, which threatens his spirit and tests his will to live until a wise angel compels him to see how his presence has made an incredible impact on the people of Bedford Falls.

Directors

Frank Capra, Joseph Biroc, Victor Milner, Michael Wilson, Frank Capra, Frank Capra, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, Dimitri Tiomkin

Production year

1946

Rating

PG

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Runtime

130 minutes

Cast

James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers