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Frank Capra reached the pinnacle of a dazzling career when he co-wrote, produced and directed perhaps the richest, most uplifting, most beloved film in the world. The classic saga of the disappointment-filled life of George Bailey (played flawlessly by Capra-favorite Jimmy Stewart) and his Christmas Eve encounter with a guardian angel garnered five Oscar nominations (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor) and is still immensely powerful and deeply moving over 60 years later. We follow George through childhood, early adulthood and middle-age as he experiences letdown after letdown and crisis after crisis, only to come to the end of his rope on an icy bridge one fateful winter night. He is given a chance to see what his small town and the lives of the people he loves would have been like had he never been born, and ultimately learns that nobody is born to be a failure and nobody is poor who has friends.StarringJames Stewart as George BaileyDonna Reed as Mary Hatch BaileyLionel Barrymore as PotterThomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy Henry Travers as ClarenceBeulah Bondi as Ma BaileyFrank Faylen as Ernie BishopWard Bond as Officer BertGloria Grahame as Violet BickH.B. Warner as Mr. GowerFrank Albertson as Sam WainwrightTodd Karns as Harry BaileySamuel S. Hinds as Peter BaileyMary Treen as Cousin TillyVirginia Patton as Ruth Dakin BaileyCharles Williams as Cousin EustaceSarah Edwards as Mrs. Hatch William Edmunds as Giuseppe MartiniLillian Randolph as AnnieArgentina Brunetti as Mrs. Maria MartiniRobert J. Anderson as Young George Bailey Ronnie Ralph as Young Sam WainwrightJean Gale as Young Mary HatchJeanine Ann Roose as Young Violet BickDanny Mummert as Young Marty HatchGeorgie Nokes as Young Harry BaileySheldon Leonard as NickFrank Hagney as Potter's BodyguardRay Walker as Joe, Luggage Store ClerkCharles Lane as Rent Collector Edward Keane as Tom, Loan Customer Carol Coombs as Janie Bailey Karolyn Grimes as Zuzu BaileyLarry Simms as Pete BaileyJimmy Hawkins as Tommy BaileyBased on "The Greatest Gift" byPhilip Van Doren Stern Screenplay byFrances Goodrich Albert Hackett andFrank CapraAdditional scenes byJo SwerlingProduced and Directed byFrank Capra