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It Happened One Christmas

4.619771h 50mMovieTV MovieComedy

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…

DirectorDonald Wrye
WritersPhilip Van Doren Stern·Lionel Chetwynd
ProducersCarole Hart·Marlo Thomas

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Cast · Directed by Donald Wrye

MTMarlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas
Mary Bailey Hatch
OWOrson Welles
Orson Welles
Henry F. Potter
WRWayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers
George Hatch
CLCloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
Clara Oddbody
BMBarney Martin
Barney Martin
Uncle Willie
KCKaren Carlson
Karen Carlson
Violet
DODick O'Neill
Dick O'Neill
Mr. Gower
DRDoris Roberts
Doris Roberts
Ma Bailey
RDRichard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Peter Bailey
CNCliff Norton
Cliff Norton
Martini
AHArchie Hahn
Archie Hahn
Ernie
CGChristopher Guest
Christopher Guest
Harry Bailey

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