It Happened One Christmas
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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.
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Cast
32 people
Marlo Thomas
Mary Bailey Hatch
Known for
Ocean's Eight
LOL
Orson Welles
Henry F. Potter
Known for
Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
Donald Wrye
Philip Van Doren Stern
Carole Hart
Wayne Rogers
George Hatch
Known for
M*A*S*H
Cool Hand Luke
Lionel Chetwynd
Cloris Leachman
Clara Oddbody
Known for
The Croods
The Iron Giant
Barney Martin
Uncle Willie
Known for
Seinfeld
Arthur
Karen Carlson
Violet
Known for
The Octagon
The Candidate
Dick O'Neill
Mr. Gower
Known for
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Jerk
Doris Roberts
Ma Bailey
Known for
Everybody Loves Raymond
Grandma's Boy
Donald Wrye Director · Lionel Chetwynd Writer Philip Van Doren Stern Story
United States release December 11, 1977
Production
Universal Television
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1977
TV · ABC
United Kingdom
December 27, 1978
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