DIRECTED BY FRANK CAPRA.
LIONEL BARRYMORE, BEULAH BONDI, GLORIA GRAHAME, JAMES STEWART, DONNA REED, THOMAS MITCHELL, HENRY TRAVERS, FRANK FAYLEN, WARD BOND, H.B. WARNER, FRANK ALBERTSON, SAMUELS. HINDS, TODD KARNS, MARY TREEN, CAROL COOMBS, BILL EDMUNDS, JIMMY HAWKINS, LARRY SIMMS, CARL ALFALFA SWITZER, HAL LANDON.
GEORGE BAILEY DREAMS OF A LIFE OF ADVENTURE, BUTS LISTENS TO HIS CONSCIENCE INSTEAD OF HIS HEART - HE ENDS UP RUNNING THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND SHOULDERING THE TROUBLES OF THE ENTIRE TOWN. MARRYING HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART AND RAISING A FAMILY, HE GIVES UP HIS DREAMS AND SETTLES INTO A DEEP RUT...UNTIL HIS COMPANY'S BANKROLL FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF A COMPETITOR WHO WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. FACING RUIN AND CONVINCED HE HAS WASTED HIS LIFE, GEORGE GETS DRUNK AND PLANS TO END IT ALL, WISHING HE HAS NEVER BEEN BORN. HIS GUARDIAN ANGEL INTERVENES, TAKING GEORGE ON A FINAL TOUR OF BEDFORD FALLS - THE BEDFORD FALLS THAT WOULD EXIST HAD HE TRULY NEVER BEEN BORN - HOPING TO CONVINCE GEORGE THAT HIS IS A WONDERFUL LIFE AFTER ALL.
AWWW SHUCKS!
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