Aired Saturday 9 December, 4:00am - 6:10amon That's Christmas

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Name: It's a Wonderful Life
Rating: 8.6

Comedy drama / Holiday

George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all - and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence - who then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all his good deeds over the years.

IMDb8.6

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Frank CapraDirector
James StewartGeorge Bailey
Donna ReedMary Hatch Bailey
Lionel BarrymoreMr. Henry F. Potter
Thomas MitchellWilliam Bailey
Henry TraversClarence Oddbody
Beulah BondiMrs. Bailey
Frank FaylenErnie Bishop
Ward BondBert
Gloria GrahameViolet Bick
H.B. WarnerMr. Gower
Frank AlbertsonSam Wainwright
Todd KarnsHarry Bailey
Samuel HindsPeter Bailey
Sheldon LeonardNick
Ellen CorbyMiss Davis
Virginia PattonRuth Dakin Bailey
Mary TreenTilly
Charles WilliamsEustace
Sarah EdwardsMrs. J.W. Hatch
William EdmundsGiuseppe Martini
Argentina BrunettiMrs. Martini
Lillian RandolphAnnie
Bobbie AndersonLittle George
Ronnie RalphLittle Sam
Jean GaleYoung Mary
Jeanine Ann RooseLittle Violet
Frank HagneyPotter's bodyguard
Carol CoomesJanie Bailey
Karolyn GrimesZuzu Bailey
Larry SimmsPeter Bailey

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