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DRAMA

FANTASY

An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he never existed.

name	character
Frank Albertson	Sam Wainwright
Lionel Barrymore	Henry F. Potter
Ward Bond	Bert
Beulah Bondi	Ma Bailey
Argentina Brunetti	Mrs. Martini
Sarah Edwards	Mrs. Hatch
Frank Faylen	Ernie Bishop
Gloria Grahame	Violet Bick
Jimmy Hawkins	Bailey Child - Tommy
Samuel S. Hinds	Peter Bailey
Todd Karns	Harry Bailey
Charles Lane	Real Estate Salesman
Sheldon Leonard	Nick
Thomas Mitchell	Uncle Billy Bailey
Georgie Nokes	Little Harry Bailey
Virginia Patton	Ruth Dakin Bailey
Donna Reed	Mary Hatch
James Stewart	George Bailey
Henry Travers	Clarence
Mary Treen	Cousin Tilly
Ray Walker	Joe - Luggage Shop
H.B. Warner	Mr. Gower
Charles Williams	Cousin Eustace

name
Frank Capra	director, screenplay, producer
Frances Goodrich	screenplay
Albert Hackett	screenplay
Dimitri Tiomkin	composer