George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all - and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?

• 2 hr 11 min
• Directed by

  Frank Capra
• Written by Frank Capra, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Philip Van Doren Stern

• Starring

  James Stewart

  ,

  Donna Reed

  ,

  Lionel Barrymore

  ,

  Thomas Mitchell

  ,

  Henry Travers

  ,

  Beulah Bondi

  ,

  Frank Faylen

  ,

  Ward Bond

  ,

  Gloria Grahame

  ,

  H.B. Warner

  ,

  Frank Albertson

  ,

  Todd Karns

  ,

  Samuel S. Hinds

  ,

  Mary Louise Treen

  ,

  Sheldon Leonard

  ,

  Lillian Randolph

  ,

  Charles Williams

  ,

  Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer

  ,

  Stanley Andrews

  ,

  Al Bridge

  ,

  Argentina Brunetti

  ,

  Marian Carr

  ,

  Lane R. Chandler

  ,

  Harry V. Cheshire

  ,

  Ellen Corby

  ,

  William Edmunds

  ,

  Tom Fadden

  ,

  Frank S. Hagney

  ,

  Charles Halton

  ,

  Harry Holman

  ,

  Edward Keane

  ,

  John Farrell Mac Donald

  ,

  Danny Mummert

  ,

  Garry Owen

  ,

  Almira Sessions

  ,

  Jim Hawkins

  ,

  Bob Anderson

  ,

  Charles Lane

  ,

  Sarah Edwards

  ,

  Dick Elliott

  ,

  Ray Walker