It Happened One Christmas
109 mins
It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father. What Mary does not know is that most in town, including her husband George Hatch and their children, are also praying for her. All the prayers are heard by Joseph, God's gatekeeper of prayers. As there are no other angels available on such a busy day, Joseph assigns Clara Oddbody, angel second class (i.e. she has yet to receive her wings), to Mary's case, which he reluctantly does as Clara has never been assigned a case on her own in the two hundred years she's been in heaven for good reason.
Rita George
Helen Bailey
James Brodhead
Bank Examiner
Donald Wrye
Director
Lionel Chetwynd
Writer
Carole Hart
Producer
Phil Benjamin
Casting
E. Thomas Case
Makeup Artist
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
Phil Cook
First Assistant Director
Robbe Roberts
Editor
Hal Millar
Special Effects
Dick Erickson
Second Assistant Director
Jack Stubbs
Unit Production Manager
James Troutman
Sound Effects Editor
Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Designer
Louis Race
Second Assistant Director
Dominick Gaffey
Sound
William Martin
Editor
Joel Freeman
Executive In Charge Of Production
Vince Milandri
Sound Effects Editor
Lynn Masters
Hairstylist
Charles Correll
Additional Photography
Stephen Lawrence
Original Music Composer
Bettie Biery
Music Editor