It Happened One Christmas

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 11, 1977

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Production

Universal Television

Cast

Christopher Guest,Doris Roberts,Orson Welles,Gino Conforti,Karen Carlson,Robert Emhardt,Barney Martin,Linda Lee Lyons,Med Flory,Morgan Uptonand 18 more

Director

Donald Wrye

Writer

Lionel Chetwynd,Philip Van Doren Stern

Producer

Marlo Thomas,Carole Hart

Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall

Music

Stephen Lawrence

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0076213