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It's a Wonderful World

NR
Movie
1939
1h 26m
English
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Claudette Colbert
Edwina Corday
James Stewart
Guy Johnson
Guy Kibbee
Fred 'Cap' Streeter
Nat Pendleton
Sergeant Fred Koretz
Frances Drake
Vivian Tarbel
Edgar Kennedy
Lieutenant Miller
Ernest Truex
Willie Heyward
Richard Carle
Major I. E. Willoughby
Cecilia Callejo
Dolores Gonzales
Andy Clyde
'Gimpy' Wilson
Cliff Clark
Captain Haggerty
Cecil Cunningham
Madame J. L. Chambers
Leonard Kibrick
Herman Plotka
Hans Conried
Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager
Grady Sutton
Lupton Peabody
Lowden Adams
Vivian's Butler (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (unc...
Monya Andre
Guest (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Guest (uncredited)
Harry Burns
Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncre...
George Chandler
Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncr...
Frank Coghlan Jr
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Hal Cooke
Gus - the Waiter (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Guest (uncredited)
Directed By: W.S. Van Dyke
Written By: Ben Hecht (Story), Herman J. Mankiewicz (Original Story)

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abood1 says...
4 months ago
Loved the ending it was so good
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
This is a cracking, quickly paced little comedy thriller with Claudette Colbert really on form as the rather dreamy poet who finds herself caught up in James Stewart's murder shenanigans. He is a PI whose wealthy pal is held for murder. When Stewart ("Johnson") is offered $100k to get to the bottom More
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