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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Drama / Family / Fantasy /  more » Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins  more » User Ratings: 8.7 (166,328 votes)  more »   Also rated #29 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.  more »

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Filmmakers: Frank Capra - Director / Writer (screenplay) / Producer, Frances Goodrich - Writer (screenplay), Albert Hackett - Writer (screenplay), Jo Swerling - Writer (additional scenes), Philip Van Doren Stern - Writer (story), Joseph Biroc¹ - Cinematographer, Joseph Walker - Cinematographer, Dimitri Tiomkin - Composer, William Hornbeck - Editor  more »

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