Director: Frank Capra
Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
George Bailey (Stewart) has grown up in Bedford Falls, NY, and despite his many tries to leave this small town and "make something of himself", something always changes his plans and holds him back.
Then on Christmas Eve, through someone else's mistake, and another's greed and dishonesty, it appears that George may be bankrupt and guilty of losing all the money from his father's Savings and Loan. With the police on his tail, and desperate, he's on a bridge, thinking about jumping and ending it all, when suddenly, he sees someone dive in before him and struggle in the water. He immediately jumps in and saves the drowning man. the man he saved, Clarence, is actually an angel trying to earn his wings. And he proves it to a disbelieving George by giving him the chance to see what it would be like if he had never been born.
So George and Clarence wander around a completely transformed Bedford Falls, George's horror mounting at every turn. How could one person have made such a difference in so many lives in that small town?
I always cry at the end of this movie. The toast at the end gets me every time: "To my big brother, George, the richest man in town!"
You can't not love it. James Stewart is wonderful, and I LOVE the story! And check out the names of the cop and cab driver: Bert and Ernie! According to Wikipedia, this is just a coincidence. ;)
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