It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Movie Details

Original Title It's a Wonderful Life

Original Language EN

Budget $3,180,000

Revenue $9,644,124

Status Released

Popularity 7.5

Cast

James Stewart

George Bailey

Popularity: 1.6

Donna Reed

Mary Hatch

Popularity: 1.4

Lionel Barrymore

Mr. Potter

Popularity: 1.0

Thomas Mitchell

Uncle Billy

Popularity: 5.5

Henry Travers

Clarence

Popularity: 2.4

Beulah Bondi

Mrs. Bailey

Popularity: 2.1

Frank Faylen

Ernie

Popularity: 2.6

Ward Bond

Bert

Popularity: 2.6

Gloria Grahame

Violet

Popularity: 1.0

H.B. Warner

Mr. Gower

Popularity: 5.4

Frank Albertson

Sam Wainwright

Popularity: 1.2

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Todd Karns

Harry Bailey

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Frank Capra

Screenplay Frank Capra, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich

Editor William Hornbeck

Producer Frank Capra

Cinematography Victor Milner

Production

Liberty Films

Videos & Trailers

George Bailey Confesses His Love for Mary

Clip

"A Christmas Miracle" Full Scene

Clip

"Never Been Born" Clip

Clip

TCM: It's A Wonderful Life 75th Anniversary | The People of Bedford Falls

Featurette

TCM 75th Anniversary Spot

Teaser

Every Time A Bell Rings Clip

Clip

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

barrymost 10/10

Aug 18, 2019

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 ... Read more

Peter McGinn 9/10

Dec 24, 2020

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 Stew ... Read more

r96sk 8/10

Dec 26, 2020

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 tha ... Read more