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It's a Wonderful Life

on BBC Two England

Frank Capra's classic fantasy drama.
George Bailey is a small-town businessman who believes he has been a failure. Contemplating suicide, George meets his guardian angel and discovers what life in the town of Bedford Falls would have been like had he never lived.
Review page 54. (1946, U) (BW)

Contributors

Director:
Frank Capra
George Bailey:
James Stewart
Mary Hatch:
Donna Reed
Mr Potter:
Lionel Barrymore
Uncle Billy:
Thomas Mitchell
Clarence Oddbody:
Henry Travers
Mrs Bailey:
Beulah Bondi
Ernie:
Frank Faylen
Bert:
Ward Bond
Violet Bick:
Gloria Grahams
Mr Gower:
H.B. Warner
Harry:
Bailey Todd Karns
Pa Bailey:
Samuel S. Hinds
Cousin Tilly:
Mary Teen
Sam Wainwright:
Frank Alberts

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