Destiny is made known silently.
George Bailey has decided to kill himself because he thinks he is a failure and that the world would be a better place if he had never existed. His guardian angel is sent to persuade him that his life has value. Three old men discover what seems to be the fountain of youth. They must decide whether they want to use it. David Merrill is a successful movie director who in the 1950s who is falsely accused of being a communist and required to testify before the US Congress.