It Happened One Christmas Poster

It Happened One Christmas

32.00% | December 11, 1977 | TV Movie, Comedy

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.

Featured Crew

Donald Wrye
Director
Philip Van Doren Stern
Story
Lionel Chetwynd
Writer

Cast

Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas
Mary Bailey Hatch
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Henry F. Potter
Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers
George Hatch
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
Clara Oddbody
Barney Martin
Barney Martin
Uncle Willie