Title It's a Wonderful Life Overview George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money, hides it from Billy, and George's troubles begin. Tagline It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love! Genres Drama, Family, Fantasy Keywords holiday, angel, based on novel, bank, suicide attempt, small town, christmas tree, great depression, christmas eve, feel-good ending, guardian angel, christmas Production Companies RKO Radio Pictures, Liberty Films II Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 130 Release Year 1946
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 10 million USD