Dir: Frank Capra
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Max Wagner, Frank Albertson, Todd Karns, Gloria Grahame, H. B. Warner
Running time: 130 mins

“Capra’s Dickensian masterpiece […] A genuine American classic” ***** Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Join us at Hebden Bridge Picture House for our annual Christmas Eve screening of Frank Capra’s timeless 1946 classic, It’s A Wonderful Life.

Follow small-town everyman George Bailey (James Stewart), who, overwhelmed by debt and despair on a snowy Christmas Eve, contemplates ending his life. When he wishes he’d never been born, his kindly guardian angel Clarence (Henry Travers) descends from heaven to show him otherwise. Transported through an alternate Bedford Falls, George discovers the profound impact he’s had on his loved ones—and learns the true meaning of love, loyalty, and what makes life genuinely wonderful.

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