“It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!”
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Albert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
Joseph F. Biroc
Dimitri Tiomkin
James Stewart
George Bailey
Donna Reed
Mary Hatch
Lionel Barrymore
Mr. Potter
Thomas Mitchell
Uncle Billy
Henry Travers
Clarence
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Bailey
Frank Faylen
Ernie
Ward Bond
Bert
Gloria Grahame
Violet
H.B. Warner
Mr. Gower
Frank Albertson
Sam Wainwright
Todd Karns
Harry Bailey
... and 105 more
barrymost
It's practically an American tradition to watch this film with family at Christmas time each year. I just saw it for the first time myself a couple weeks before last Christmas, and I loved it. It's an uplifting, inspiring, dramatic, and at times laugh-out-loud funny story, with a cast that probabl...
Peter McGinn
Oh my goodness, I am not going to spend much time describing this gold standard of Christmas movies. If you have seen it, you know what it is. If you haven’t seen it, stop reading this and watch it now. It is funny, tense, sentimental, romantic and downright Capra-esque. I have liked Jimmy Stewar...
r96sk
Lovely film. <em>'It’s a Wonderful Life'</em> is enjoyable, hearty and well crafted. It takes longer than I would've predicted to get to 'the event', but it's very much worth seeing the journey that comes before - as we see the arc of James Stewart's George. It all crescendos with an ending that ...
George Bailey Confesses His Love for Mary
Clip • YouTube
"A Christmas Miracle" Full Scene
Clip • YouTube
"Never Been Born" Clip
Clip • YouTube
TCM: It's A Wonderful Life 75th Anniversary | The People of Bedford Falls
Featurette • YouTube
TCM 75th Anniversary Spot
Teaser • YouTube
Every Time A Bell Rings Clip
Clip • YouTube
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