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Release Date:
December 11, 1977
Original Title:
It Happened One Christmas
Genres:
Comedy | TV Movie
Production Companies:
Universal Television
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 109
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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Additional Photography:
Charles Correll
Casting:
Phil Benjamin
Costume Designer:
Joe I. Tompkins
Director:
Donald Wrye
Director of Photography:
Conrad L. Hall
Editor:
William Martin
Robbe Roberts
Executive In Charge Of Production:
Joel Freeman
First Assistant Director:
Phil Cook
Hairstylist:
Lynn Masters
Makeup Artist:
E. Thomas Case
Music Editor:
Bettie Biery
Original Music Composer:
Stephen Lawrence
Producer:
Carole Hart
Marlo Thomas
Production Designer:
John J. Lloyd
Second Assistant Director:
Louis Race
Dick Erickson
Set Decoration:
Hal Gausman
Sound:
Dominick Gaffey
Sound Effects Editor:
Vince Milandri
James Troutman
Special Effects:
Hal Millar
Story:
Philip Van Doren Stern
Unit Production Manager:
Jack Stubbs
Writer:
Lionel Chetwynd
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