It's a Wonderful Life (1946) USA / 130 min
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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 »
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Also rated #29 in the Top 250
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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 »
Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)STARmeter™

James Stewart ... George Bailey 1,147 

Donna Reed ... Mary Hatch 5,561 

Lionel Barrymore ... Henry F. Potter 10,460 

Thomas Mitchell ... Uncle Billy Bailey 9,915 

Henry Travers ... Clarence 15,458