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Writers:
Ben Hecht (story) and
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Release Date:
19 May 1939 (USA) more
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Tagline:
THE HAPPENINGS OF ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT! (original ad - all caps)
Plot:
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
Sidney Blackmer ... Al Mallon
Andy Clyde ... 'Gimpy' Wilson
Cliff Clark ... Captain Haggerty
Cecil Cunningham ... Madame J. L. Chambers
Leonard Kibrick ... Herman Plotka
Hans Conried ... Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Many easily recognized cast members who are supposed to be in this film (according to studio records) are not seen in the print. These are Jack Norton, Eddie Acuff, Lester Dorr, Dorothy Ates, Nell Craig, Carl Stockdale, Bess Flowers and David Newell. more
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3 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
What were they thinking?, 20 April 2006
9/10
Author: estabansmythe from Temple City, CA

Who was the Charter Cable TV reviewer idiot gave this truly wonderful film only two stars out of a possible four?

When you click on your remote control for information about the film it also provides a rating and what some Charter moron give this? Two puny stars.

"It's A Wonderful World" is one of the classic screwball comedies of the Golden Age of Screwball Comedies, the '30s & '40s. This film rates a solid ***1/2 stars.

Jimmy Stewart and Claudette Colbert play off each other terrifically, first as adversaries before ending up as what you'd happily expect. And Guy Kibbee, Edgar Kennedy and Nat Pendleton are also first rate, as always.

I'm hard pressed to think of a finer way to spend 90 "wonderful" minutes.

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