It Happened One Christmas

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Marlo Thomas

Mary Bailey Hatch

Age : 86 | Popularity : 14%

Orson Welles

Henry F. Potter

Age : 70 | Popularity : 19%

Wayne Rogers

George Hatch

Age : 82 | Popularity : 5%

Cloris Leachman

Clara Oddbody

Age : 94 | Popularity : 39%

Barney Martin

Uncle Willie

Age : 82 | Popularity : 5%

Karen Carlson

Violet

Age : 79 | Popularity : 6%

Dick O'Neill

Mr. Gower

Age : 70 | Popularity : 3%

Doris Roberts

Ma Bailey

Age : 90 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Conrad L. Hall
	Additional Photography	Charles Correll
Art	Set Decoration	Hal Gausman
Production	Executive In Charge Of Production	Joel Freeman
	Production Designer	John J. Lloyd
	Producer	Marlo Thomas Carole Hart
	Casting	Phil Benjamin
	Unit Production Manager	Jack Stubbs
Sound	Sound Effects Editor	James Troutman Vince Milandri
	Original Music Composer	Stephen Lawrence
	Sound	Dominick Gaffey
	Music Editor	Bettie Biery
Writing	Story	Philip Van Doren Stern
	Writer	Lionel Chetwynd
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Joe I. Tompkins
	Makeup Artist	E. Thomas Case
	Hairstylist	Lynn Masters
Editing	Editor	William Martin Robbe Roberts
Directing	Second Assistant Director	Dick Erickson Louis Race
	Director	Donald Wrye
	First Assistant Director	Phil Cook
Crew	Special Effects	Hal Millar
Department	Role	Name

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