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It's a Wonderful Life

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

Director

Frank Capra

Year

Genre

drama, family, fantasy

Box Office

$44,000

Production

Liberty Films

Awards

Nominated for 5 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

George Bailey

Mary Hatch

Mr. Potter

Lionel Barrymore

Uncle Billy

Thomas Mitchell

Clarence

Mrs. Bailey

Ernie

Bert

Violet

Mr. Gower

Sam Wainwright

Frank Albertson

Harry Bailey

Pa Bailey

Samuel S. Hinds

Cousin Tilly

Ruth Dakin

Virginia Patton

Cousin Eustace

Charles Williams

Mrs. Hatch

Mr. Martini

William Edmunds

Annie

Lillian Randolph

Mrs. Martini

Argentina Brunetti

Little George

Robert J. Anderson

Little Sam

Little Mary

Little Violet

Jeanine Ann Roose

Little Marty Hatch

Little Harry Bailey

Nick

Sheldon Leonard

Potter's Bodyguard

Joe (Luggage Shop)

Real Estate Salesman

Tom (Bldg. & Loan)

The Bailey Child - Janie

The Bailey Child - Zuzu

The Bailey Child - Pete

The Bailey Child - Tommy

Townswoman

Ed

Townswoman

Mr. Welch

Stanley Andrews

Nervous Banker

One of Vi's Suitors

Building & Loan Depositor

Building & Loan Depositor

Wedding Guest

Young Girl

Military Officer in Montage

Brooks Benedict

Townsman

Joseph E. Bernard

Bar Patron

Girl

Dolores Boucher

Sheriff

Young Boy

Jane Wainwright

Singer at Martini's

Adriana Caselotti

Policeman

Young George's Friend

Townsman

Cop Arresting Violet

Dr. Campbell

Graduation Dance Guest

Beulah Christian

Building & Loan Board Member

Building & Loan Customer

Ms. Davis

Crow in Bank

Elderly Woman

High School Teacher at Poolside

Bandleader in the High School Dance Scene

Marion Raymond Davis

Graduation Dance Guest

Man on Porch

Wedding Guest

Tollhouse Keeper

Violet's Boyfriend

Horace

Eddie Fetherston

Relieved Banker in Potter's Office

Photographer with Sheriff

Bar Patron

Townsman

Herschel Graham

Elderly Man

Building & Loan Depositor

Carter

Building & Loan Depositor

Herbert Heywood

Mr. Partridge

Building & Loan Board Member

Building & Loan Board Member

Mr. Randall

Arthur Stuart Hull

Man in Fantasy

Building & Loan Depositor

Townsman

Building & Loan Board Member

Townswoman

Building & Loan Customer

Marty Hatch

Pianist in Nick's Place

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Graduation Dance Guest

Bar Patron

Man Whose Grandfather Planted Tree

J. Farrell MacDonald

Townswoman

Building and Loan Customer

Elderly Man

Student in Gym

Priscilla Montgomery

Man with Sheriff

Bar Patron

Evelyn Moriarty

Building & Loan Customer

Townsman

School Dancer

Townsman

Anton Northpole

Bar Patron

Military Officer in Montage

Infant Janie Bailey

Lynn O'Leary-Jameson

Senior Angel

Bill-Poster

Elderly Woman

Photographer

Franklin Parker

Building & Loan Depositor

Beulah Parkington

Nick's Waitress

Suzanne Ridgway

Mickey

Bar Patron

Constantine Romanoff

Townswoman

Building & Loan Depositor

Loretta Russell

Nick's Bouncer

Potter's Secretary

Almira Sessions

Wedding Guest

Townsman

Man in Fantasy

Nick's Bartender

Charles Sullivan

Freddie Othello

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Cashier

Building & Loan Board Member

Charlie

Charles C. Wilson

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Get a tray for these two great big important simoleons hereWe'll save them for seed A toastA toast A toast to mama dollar and to papa dollarand if you want to keep this old building and loan in businessyou better have a family real quickI wish they were - It's a Wonderful Life

Get a tray for these two great big important simoleons...

Close the door. - It's a Wonderful Life

Close the door.

Mrs Bailey is on the phoneI don't want Mrs Bailey I want my wifeMrs Bailey Oh that's my wife Here I'll take it in here - It's a Wonderful Life

Mrs Bailey is on the phoneI don't want Mrs Bailey I...

Huh Come home What home320 sycamore Well what Whose home is that - It's a Wonderful Life

Huh Come home What home320 sycamore Well what Whose home is...

Hey, this is the company's posters, and the company won't like this. - It's a Wonderful Life

Hey, this is the company's posters, and the company...

You got any romance in youSure I had it but I got rid of it Liver pills - It's a Wonderful Life

You got any romance in youSure I had it but I got rid of it...

What we want is romantic places beautiful places - It's a Wonderful Life

What we want is romantic places beautiful places

We gotta' get this up - It's a Wonderful Life

We gotta' get this up

Come on we got to get this up He's comingWho The groom idiotThis is their honeymoon Come on Get that ladderWhat are they ducks - It's a Wonderful Life

Come on we got to get this up He's comingWho The groom...

Well, I'll be ... - It's a Wonderful Life

Well, I'll be ...

Both: Llove you truly. - It's a Wonderful Life

Both: Llove you truly.

Oh, Mary. - It's a Wonderful Life

Remember the night we broke some windows in this old houseThis is what I wished forYou're wonderfulYou're wonderful - It's a Wonderful Life

Remember the night we broke some windows in this old...

You're wonderful. - It's a Wonderful Life

You're wonderful.

- Martini, you rented a new house? - It's a Wonderful Life

- Martini, you rented a new house?

Bread That this house may never know hungerSalt That life may always have flavorAnd wine That joy and prosperity may reign foreverEnter the Martini castle - It's a Wonderful Life

Bread That this house may never know hungerSalt That life...

Fifteen years ago a half a dozen houses stuck here and thereThere's the old cemetery squirrels buttercups daisiesI used to hunt rabbits there myselfLook at it todayDozens of the prettiest little homes you ever saw90 owned by suckers who used to pay rent - It's a Wonderful Life

Fifteen years ago a half a dozen houses stuck here and...

But one of these days this bright young man is gonna be asking George Bailey for a job. - It's a Wonderful Life

But one of these days this bright young man is gonna be...

So long George See you in the funny papers - It's a Wonderful Life

So long George See you in the funny papers

Thank you, sir. - It's a Wonderful Life

Thank you, sir.

George I am an old man and most people hate meBut I don't like them either so that makes it all evenYou know just as well as I dothat I run practically everything in this townbut the Bailey building and loanYou know also that for a number of yearsI've - It's a Wonderful Life

George I am an old man and most people hate meBut I...

$20,000 a year? - It's a Wonderful Life

$20,000 a year?

You're not talking to somebody else around here, are you? - It's a Wonderful Life

You're not talking to somebody else around here, are...

Well, how about the building and loan? - It's a Wonderful Life

Well, how about the building and loan?

No. No. No, no, now wait a minute, here. I don't need 24 hours. I don't have to talk to anybody. I k - It's a Wonderful Life

No. No. No, no, now wait a minute, here. I don't need...

You sit around here and you spin your little websand you think the whole world revolves around you and your moneyWell it doesn't Mr PotterIn the whole vast configuration of thingsI'd say you were nothing but a scurvy little spiderYouAnd that goes for you - It's a Wonderful Life

You sit around here and you spin your little websand you...

In the whole vast configuration of thingsI'd say you were nothing but a scurvy little spiderYouAnd that goes for you tooAnd it goes for you too - It's a Wonderful Life

In the whole vast configuration of thingsI'd say you...

Potter: You wouldn't mind living in the nicest house in town, buying your wife a lot of fine clothes, going to New York on a business trip a couple of times a year, maybe Europe once in a while. - It's a Wonderful Life

Potter: You wouldn't mind living in the nicest house in...

Mary hatch, why in the world did you ever marry a guy like me? - It's a Wonderful Life

Mary hatch, why in the world did you ever marry a guy like...

You mean you... - It's a Wonderful Life

You mean you...

Paper drives ... scrap drives ...
rubber drives ... - It's a Wonderful Life

Paper drives ... scrap drives ... rubber drives ...

Paper drives. - It's a Wonderful Life

Oh hey Ernie Look at thatIt's gonna snow again - It's a Wonderful Life

Oh hey Ernie Look at thatIt's gonna snow again

It's gonna snow again. - It's a Wonderful Life

It's gonna snow again.

The Navy's gonna fly mother home this afternoonIn a plane - It's a Wonderful Life

The Navy's gonna fly mother home this afternoonIn a...

George George George What - It's a Wonderful Life

George George George What

We're all excited around hereMy brotherjust got the congressional medal of honorThe presidentjust decorated him Well I guess they do those things - It's a Wonderful Life

We're all excited around hereMy brotherjust got the...

Well I trust you had a good year Good yearUh well between you and me Mr Carter we're brokeYeah very funny - It's a Wonderful Life

Well I trust you had a good year Good yearUh well between...

$8,000. - It's a Wonderful Life

How does slacker George feel about thatVeryjealous VeryjealousHe only lost three buttons off his vest - It's a Wonderful Life

How does slacker George feel about thatVeryjealous...

After all Potter some people like George had to stay at homeNot every heel was in Germany and Japan - It's a Wonderful Life

After all Potter some people like George had to stay at...

- Good morning, Mr. - It's a Wonderful Life

- Good morning, Mr.

Take me back there. - It's a Wonderful Life

Take me back there.

Just make yourself at home, Mr. - It's a Wonderful Life

Just make yourself at home, Mr.

Tilly You know your nephew remember Harry - It's a Wonderful Life

Tilly You know your nephew remember Harry

Here you are. - It's a Wonderful Life

I'm glad I know you George Bailey - It's a Wonderful Life

I'm glad I know you George Bailey

Say hello to New York for me. - It's a Wonderful Life

Say hello to New York for me.

- Say hello to New York for me. - It's a Wonderful Life

- Say hello to New York for me.

- Merry Christmas, vi. - It's a Wonderful Life

- Merry Christmas, vi.

Eustace. - It's a Wonderful Life

And did you put the envelope in your pocket? - It's a Wonderful Life

And did you put the envelope in your pocket?

Listen to me, listen to me!
Think! Think! - It's a Wonderful Life

Listen to me, listen to me! Think! Think!

Where's that money you silly stupid old foolWhere's that money Do you realize what this meansIt means bankruptcy and scandal and prisonThat's what it meansOne of us is going to jail Well it's not going to be me - It's a Wonderful Life

Where's that money you silly stupid old...

Hello, darling. - It's a Wonderful Life

Hello, darling.

Mary: Come on, Pete, you're a big boy. - It's a Wonderful Life

Mary: Come on, Pete, you're a big boy.

Have a hectic day Oh yeahAnother big red letter day for the baileys - It's a Wonderful Life

Have a hectic day Oh yeahAnother big red letter day for the...

Daddy the browns next door have a new car You should see itWell what's the matter with our car Isn't it good enough for youYes daddy - It's a Wonderful Life

Daddy the browns next door have a new car You should see...

Excuse me Excuse meExcuse you for what I burped - It's a Wonderful Life

Excuse me Excuse meExcuse you for what I burped

Of course it's this old houseI don't know why we don't all have pneumoniaDrafty old barn Might as well be living in a refrigeratorWhy did we have to live here in the first placeand stay around this measly crummy old town - It's a Wonderful Life

Of course it's this old houseI don't know why we...

You call this a happy family Why do we have to have all these kids - It's a Wonderful Life

You call this a happy family Why do we have to have all...

F-r-a-n-k-i-n... - It's a Wonderful Life

F-r-a-n-k-i-n...

There. There it is. Good as new. Now, give the flower a drink. Now, will you do something for me? Wh - It's a Wonderful Life

There. There it is. Good as new. Now, give the flower a...

Dad, how do you spell "hallelujah"? - It's a Wonderful Life

Dad, how do you spell "hallelujah"?

I'm sorry, Mary. - It's a Wonderful Life

I'm sorry, Mary.

Janie, I'm sorry. - It's a Wonderful Life

Janie, I'm sorry.

Pete, I owe you an apology, too. - It's a Wonderful Life

Pete, I owe you an apology, too.

What's the matter with everybody? - It's a Wonderful Life

What's the matter with everybody?

What's the matter with everybody? - It's a Wonderful Life

What's the matter with everybody?

Bedford 247, please. - It's a Wonderful Life

Bedford 247, please.

I'm in trouble Mr PotterI need helpThrough some sort of an accident my company's short in their accountsThe bank examiner got there todayI've got to raise 8 000 immediatelyOh that's what the reporters wanted to talk to you aboutThe reporters YesThey - It's a Wonderful Life

I'm in trouble Mr PotterI need helpThrough some sort of...

Look at you You used to be so cockyYou were going to go out and conquer the worldYou once called me a warped frustrated old manWhat are you but a warped frustrated young manA miserable little clerkcrawling in here on your hands and kneesand begging for - It's a Wonderful Life

Look at you You used to be so cockyYou were going to go out...

Joe! Merry Christmas! - It's a Wonderful Life

Joe! Merry Christmas!

Martini: Ah! - It's a Wonderful Life

Dear father in heavenI'm not a praying manbut if you're up there and you can hear meshow me the way - It's a Wonderful Life

Dear father in heavenI'm not a praying manbut if...

I'm not a praying man, but if you're up there and you can hear me, show me the way. - It's a Wonderful Life

I'm not a praying man, but if you're up there and...

Are you all right, George? - It's a Wonderful Life

Are you all right, George?

Why you drink so much my friend - It's a Wonderful Life

Why you drink so much my friend

Why you drink so much my friendPlease go home Mr Bailey This is Christmas EveBailey Which BaileyThis is Mr George BaileyMr Welch The next time you talk to my wife like that you'll get worseShe cried for an hourIt isn't enough she slavesteaching your - It's a Wonderful Life

Why you drink so much my friendPlease go home Mr Bailey This...

Mr. Welch: The next time you talk to my wife like that, you'll get worse! She cried for an hour! It - It's a Wonderful Life

Mr. Welch: The next time you talk to my wife like that,...

- You all right, George? - It's a Wonderful Life

- You all right, George?

What do you think you're doing? - It's a Wonderful Life

What do you think you're doing?

Man: Hey, what's the matter with you? - It's a Wonderful Life

Man: Hey, what's the matter with you?

Clarence: Help! - It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence: Help!

Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! - It's a Wonderful Life

Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!

I didn't have time to get some stylish undenlvear. - It's a Wonderful Life

I didn't have time to get some stylish undenlvear.

You should read the new book Mark twain's writing now. - It's a Wonderful Life

You should read the new book Mark twain's writing now.

I had to act quickly. - It's a Wonderful Life

I had to act quickly.

Well who are you then Clarence oddbody as2George OddbodyA82 What's that a82Angel second class - It's a Wonderful Life

Well who are you then Clarence oddbody as2George OddbodyA82...

Oh, brother. - It's a Wonderful Life

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

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Director: Frank Capra

Writer: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra

Production: Liberty Films

Genre: drama, family, fantasy

Year: 1946

MetaScore: 89/100

ImdbRating: 8.6

BoxOffice: $44,000

Released: 07 Jan 1947

Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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