It's a Wonderful Life
1946 film directed by Frank Capra
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 movie directed by Frank Capra. It inspired the story similar to A Christmas Carol.
It's a Wonderful Life | |
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Directed by | Frank Capra |
Written by | Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra Based on The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern |
Produced by | Frank Capra |
Starring | James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore |
Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc, Joseph Walker, Victor Milner (uncredited) |
Edited by | William Hornbeck |
Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | Liberty Films |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (original release), Republic Pictures (video), Artisan Entertainment (DVD), Paramount Pictures |
Release date | December 20, 1946 |
Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.18 million (estimated) |
Cast
change- James Stewart as George Bailey
- Donna Reed as Mary Hatch
- Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
Other websites
changeQuotations related to It's a Wonderful Life at Wikiquote
- It's a Wonderful Life on IMDb
- Essay on the deeper meaning of the movie Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Excerpts from Ray Carney's analysis of the movie.