It s a Wonderful Life

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00:00:23 Transcript from schoolboy
00:01:45 I owe everything to George Bailey...
00:01:51 Joseph, Jesus and Mary.
00:01:57 Help my son, George, tonight.
00:02:00 He never thinks about himself, God,
00:02:04 George is a good guy.
00:02:08 I love him, dear Lord.
00:02:12 Please, God,
00:02:16 Please bring Daddy back.
00:02:29 Hello, Joseph.
00:02:31 Looks like we'll have to
00:02:34 A lot of people asking for help
00:02:37 George Bailey. Yes.
00:02:41 We'll have to send someone down
00:02:44 That's why I came to see you, sir.
00:02:47 It's that clock-maker's turn again.
00:02:49 Oh, Clarence.
00:02:53 We've passed him up right along.
00:02:55 Because, you know, sir, he's got
00:02:58 Yes, but he's got the faith of a child. Simple.
00:03:02 Joseph, send for Clarence.
00:03:07 You sent for me, sir?
00:03:08 Yes, Clarence.
00:03:12 Splendid! Is he sick?
00:03:13 No. Worse. He's discouraged.
00:03:15 At exactly ten forty-five P.M., earth-time,
00:03:18 that man will be thinking seriously
00:03:22 Oh, dear, dear! His life! Then I have
00:03:26 What are they wearing now?
00:03:27 You will spend that hour getting
00:03:31 Sir...If I should accomplish this mission...
00:03:37 I've been waiting for over
00:03:40 and people are beginniing to talk.
00:03:41 What's that book you've got there?
00:03:43 Oh, 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.'
00:03:45 Clarence, you do a good job with
00:03:49 Oh, thank you, sir.
00:03:51 Poor George. Sit down.
00:03:54 Sit down?! What are we...
00:03:55 If you're going to help a man, you want
00:03:59 - Well, naturally, of course, I...
00:04:03 - See the town?
00:04:07 Oh, I forgot. You haven't got your wings yet.
00:04:10 Now look, I'll help
00:04:12 Concentrate.
00:04:14 Begin to see something?
00:04:15 Why, yes!
00:04:18 If you ever get your wings,
00:04:21 Oh, wonderful!
00:04:22 Yippee!
00:04:25 Okay, boys, let's go.
00:04:28 Hey, who's that?
00:04:29 - That's your problem, George Bailey.
00:04:32 That's him when he was twelve.
00:04:35 Something happens here
00:04:40 Come on, Marty.
00:04:47 - Hee-haw!
00:04:51 And here comes the scare-baby,
00:04:55 I'm not scared!
00:05:00 Go, Harry! C'mon, Harry!
00:05:07 Help, George!
00:05:11 ...Harry, I'm coming!
00:05:13 - Help!
00:05:16 I'm coming!
00:05:18 George saved his brother's life that day.
00:05:21 But it caught him that cold
00:05:25 Cost him his hearing in that ear.
00:05:27 It was weeks before he was able to
00:05:31 at old man Gower's Drugstore.
00:05:34 Mr. Potter!
00:05:35 Who's that?
00:05:37 That's Henry F. Potter.
00:05:39 The richest and meanest man
00:05:47 Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
00:05:56 I wish I had a million dollars!
00:06:04 It's me, Mr. Gower.
00:06:06 - You're late
00:06:17 Hello, George.
00:06:20 Hello, Violet.
00:06:21 Two-cents' worth of shoelaces?
00:06:23 She was here first.
00:06:24 I'm still thinking.
00:06:26 Shoelaces?
00:06:27 Please, Georgie.
00:06:31 You like every boy.
00:06:33 What's wrong with that?
00:06:35 Here you are.
00:06:37 - Help me down.
00:06:47 Made up your mind yet?
00:06:48 I'll take chocolate.
00:06:50 With coconuts?
00:06:52 I don't like coconuts.
00:06:53 You don't like coconuts?
00:06:55 Say, brainless, don't you know
00:06:59 Look it here...
00:07:04 A new magazine!
00:07:07 Of course you never.
00:07:08 Only us explorers can get it.
00:07:10 I've been nominated for membership
00:07:16 Is this the ear you can't hear on?
00:07:18 George Bailey,
00:07:22 I'm going out exploring some day,
00:07:25 And I'm gonna have a couple of harems,
00:07:28 Wait and see.
00:07:32 - George! George!
00:07:36 You're not paid to be a canary.
00:07:39 No, sir...
00:08:07 Mr. Gower, do you want something?
00:08:09 - Anything?
00:08:12 - Anything I can do back here?
00:08:15 I'll get them, sir.
00:08:17 ...take those capsules
00:08:21 - She's waiting for them.
00:08:46 They have the diphtheria there,
00:08:48 Ummm.
00:08:49 Is it a charge, sir?
00:08:51 Yes, charge.
00:08:53 - Mr. Gower, I think...
00:08:56 Yes, sir.
00:09:24 Fast there, Captain Cook!
00:09:26 Got to see Pop, Uncle Billy.
00:09:27 - Some other time, George.
00:09:29 There's a squall in there
00:09:32 Uncle Billy, telephone.
00:09:33 - Who is it?
00:09:35 Bank examiner?
00:09:37 Oh, I should have called him yesterday.
00:09:39 Switch it inside.
00:09:42 I'm not crying, Mr. Potter.
00:09:44 Well, you're begging
00:09:46 All I'm asking for
00:09:48 - Pop!
00:09:49 Just thirty short days. I'll dig up
00:09:52 - Shove me up. Shove me up.
00:09:53 Have you put any real pressure on these
00:09:58 Times are bad, Mr. Potter.
00:10:00 - Then foreclose!
00:10:02 - These families have children.
00:10:04 They're not my children.
00:10:05 But they're somebody's children, Mr. Potter.
00:10:07 Are you running a business or a charity ward?
00:10:09 - Well, all right...
00:10:11 Mr. Potter, what makes you such a
00:10:14 You have no family, no children.
00:10:16 You can't begin to spend all the
00:10:18 So I suppose I should give it to miserable
00:10:22 and that idiot brother of yours
00:10:25 He's not a failure!
00:10:26 - You can't say that about my father!
00:10:28 You're not!
00:10:30 - Run along.
00:10:31 - Run along!
00:10:33 Gives you an idea of the Baileys.
00:10:34 Don't let him say things like that
00:10:36 All right, son.
00:10:37 Thanks.
00:10:47 What!
00:10:48 Why, that medicine should have been
00:10:52 It'll be over in five minutes, Mrs. Blaine.
00:10:58 Where's Mrs. Blaine's box of capsules?
00:11:01 I feel...
00:11:03 - Didn't you hear what I said?
00:11:05 What kind of tricks are you playing anyway?
00:11:10 Why didn't you deliver them right away?
00:11:13 Don't you know that boy's very sick?
00:11:14 You're hurting my sore ear.
00:11:16 You lazy loafer!
00:11:18 Mr. Gower, you don't know what you're doing.
00:11:20 You put something wrong in those capsules.
00:11:22 I know you're unhappy.
00:11:23 You got that telegram and you're upset.
00:11:25 You put something bad in those capsules.
00:11:27 It wasn't your fault, Mr. Gower.
00:11:30 Just look and see what you did.
00:11:32 Look at the bottle you took the powder from.
00:11:33 It's poison!
00:11:36 I know you feel bad.
00:11:38 I didn't know...
00:11:43 - Oh...
00:11:45 - Don't hurt my sore ear again.
00:11:46 Oh, George. George...
00:11:49 Oh, Mr. Gower, I won't ever tell anyone.
00:11:52 I know what you're feeling.
00:11:54 I won't tell a soul.
00:11:55 - Hope to die, I won't.
00:11:58 An overnight bag,
00:12:01 combination lock,
00:12:03 Nope!
00:12:06 Now look, Joe.
00:12:08 I, I-I want a big one.
00:12:11 What did you stop it for?
00:12:12 I want you to take a good look at that face.
00:12:16 - Who is it?
00:12:18 Oh, you mean the kid that had his ears
00:12:21 That's the kid.
00:12:23 Uh-huh. It's a good face.
00:12:25 I like it.
00:12:29 Tell me, did he ever tell anyone
00:12:31 Not a soul.
00:12:33 Did he ever marry the girl?
00:12:36 Well, wait and see.
00:12:38 Big...see...
00:12:40 I want something for a thousand
00:12:43 With plenty of room here for labels
00:12:47 a great big one.
00:12:48 - I see, a flying carpet, huh?
00:12:50 I don't suppose you'd like
00:12:53 Now you're talking.
00:12:54 Gee whiz, I could use that
00:12:57 - How much does this cost?
00:13:00 That's my trick ear, Joe.
00:13:03 That's right.
00:13:05 Well, what's my name doing on it here?
00:13:06 A little present form old man Gower.
00:13:09 He did?!
00:13:10 What do you know about that...
00:13:13 What boat you sailing on?
00:13:14 I'm working across on a cattle boat.
00:13:16 - A cattle boat?
00:13:20 - Hello, Mr. Gower.
00:13:22 How are you?
00:13:24 - It's just exactly what I wanted.
00:13:25 Oh, it's wonderful of you to think of it.
00:13:27 - Hope you enjoy it.
00:13:29 I wish I had a million dollars.
00:13:32 Avast there, Captain Cook!
00:13:35 Parlez vous Francais, Mister?
00:13:37 Hey, send us some of their picture
00:13:39 Hey, George,
00:13:41 Hey, George, your suitcase is leaking.
00:13:43 Hey, Ernie!
00:13:45 - Hiya, George.
00:13:46 - George...
00:13:48 - How about driving me home in style?
00:13:50 Hop in Your Highness, hop in.
00:13:53 I put on my hat.
00:13:57 - Good afternoon, Mr. Bailey.
00:14:00 Hey, you look good.
00:14:02 What!
00:14:04 Why, I only wear it when I don't care
00:14:22 - How would you like...
00:14:26 Want to come along, Bert?
00:14:27 No, thanks. I, uh, I've gotta go home
00:14:34 Family man.
00:14:36 George!
00:14:38 You're shaking the house down!
00:14:40 Oh, let them alone!
00:14:43 But Harry'll tear his dinner suit!
00:14:46 That's why all children should be girls.
00:14:48 But if they were all girls,
00:14:50 Oh, never mind.
00:14:52 George! Harry!
00:14:54 Everything's getting cold and you know,
00:14:57 Okay, Mom!
00:15:05 - Here's a present for you, Pop.
00:15:12 - George, sit down and have dinner.
00:15:14 Well, aren't you going to finish dressing
00:15:17 - Look at you!
00:15:18 It's George's tux. Annie, my sweet,
00:15:21 If you lay a hand on me,
00:15:23 Annie, I'm in love with you,
00:15:27 Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, my last meal
00:15:30 Oh, my lands, my blood pressure!
00:15:33 Pop, can I have the car?
00:15:35 - What plates?
00:15:36 I'm Chairman of the Eats Committee
00:15:39 Oh, no, you don't.
00:15:41 Oh, let him have the plates, Mother.
00:15:44 Hope you have a good trip, George.
00:15:47 I'll miss you too, Pop.
00:15:50 - Oh, I had another tussle with Potter today.
00:15:53 I thought when we put him on the board
00:15:56 Oh, what's eating that
00:15:59 Oh, he's a sick man.
00:16:01 And his mind's sick in his soul,
00:16:04 He hates everybody that has anything
00:16:07 He hates us mostly, I guess.
00:16:09 Gangway! Gangway!
00:16:10 So long!
00:16:12 - Harry, you got a match?
00:16:14 Put those things in the car and
00:16:16 - Now, hurry up, hurry up.
00:16:18 - You coming later?
00:16:19 - You coming later, George?
00:16:20 - and be bored to death?
00:16:22 Lots of pretty girls, and we're going to
00:16:24 - Oh, I hope it works.
00:16:26 - Aw, Pop, just a little.
00:16:28 Oh!
00:16:30 Boys and girls and music...
00:16:34 Father, did I act like that when
00:16:37 Pretty much.
00:16:39 You know, George, I wish we could
00:16:41 Your mother and I talked it over
00:16:43 Mmm, we have that all figured out.
00:16:46 Harry'll take my job at the Building
00:16:49 then he'll go.
00:16:52 - He's pretty young for that job.
00:16:55 Maybe you were born older, George.
00:16:58 How's that?
00:16:59 I say, you were born older.
00:17:01 I suppose you've decided what you
00:17:04 Oh well, you know what I've always
00:17:07 design new buildings...
00:17:10 - all that stuff, I was talking about.
00:17:13 No, I'll settle for half that in cash.
00:17:16 'Course it's just a hope, but uh,
00:17:19 you wouldn't consider coming back
00:17:25 Well, I...I... Why, Annie, why,
00:17:30 Then you'd be more comfortable and
00:17:34 I would if I thought I'd hear anything
00:17:36 You would, eh?
00:17:38 - I know it's soon to talk about it.
00:17:42 I couldn't. I couldn't face being cooped up
00:17:49 Oh, I'm sorry, Pop,
00:17:52 but this business of nickels and dimes
00:17:56 trying to figure out how to save three
00:18:00 I...I wanna do something big
00:18:03 You know, George,
00:18:07 Satisfying a fundamental urge.
00:18:09 It's deep in the race for a man to want
00:18:14 And we're helping him get those things
00:18:17 I know, Pop. I, uh, I, I know that I, I...
00:18:24 but I, I've been hoarding pennies like
00:18:28 Most of my friends
00:18:30 I, uh, I just feel like if I
00:18:34 Yes, yes. You're right, son.
00:18:39 You see what I mean, don't you, Pop?
00:18:41 This town is no place for any man unless
00:18:45 And you've got talent, son.
00:18:48 You get yourself an education.
00:18:54 Pop, you want a shock?
00:18:57 I think you're a great guy.
00:19:03 Oh, did you hear that, Annie?
00:19:05 I heard it.
00:19:10 I'm going to miss old Annie.
00:19:15 Pop, I think I'll get dressed
00:19:18 Have a good time, son.
00:19:27 Here you are.
00:19:28 George!
00:19:29 You know my kid brother, George?
00:19:31 - Hello, George!
00:19:34 Oh, oh, Sam Wainwright.
00:19:35 How are you?
00:19:37 Oh, this afternoon.
00:19:39 Old college graduate now, huh?
00:19:40 Yeah. Old Joe College Wainwright,
00:19:43 Well, freshman, looks like
00:19:45 - Yep.
00:19:46 Harry!
00:19:49 - The Coach has heard all about you.
00:19:50 Yeah. He's followed every game
00:19:52 He wants me to find out if you're
00:19:54 Well, I eh,
00:19:56 Well, you'd better make it fast.
00:19:58 not broken-down old guys
00:20:01 - Hee-haw!
00:20:02 George!
00:20:04 Hello, Mr. Partridge,
00:20:06 Putting a pool under this floor
00:20:08 Saved us another building.
00:20:09 Now, Harry, Sam, have a lot of fun.
00:20:11 There's lots of stuff here to eat and drink.
00:20:13 - Lots of pretty girls around.
00:20:17 - Hello, Violet. How are you...
00:20:19 - George...
00:20:23 Marty!
00:20:25 - Do me a favor, will you, George?
00:20:27 - Well, you remember my kid sister, Mary?
00:20:29 "Mamma wants you, Marty."
00:20:32 Dance with her, will you?
00:20:33 Oh, me? Oh, well, I feel funny enough
00:20:36 Aw, come on.
00:20:37 Just dance with her one time
00:20:40 - Aw, go on.
00:20:41 And don't be long, Marty!
00:20:44 And the next thing I knew,
00:20:46 That's the reason why I came in fourth.
00:20:48 If it hadn't been for that, that race
00:20:51 I tried to find out who it was later
00:20:54 Nobody'd ever tell you who...whoever,
00:20:58 - They know what kind of a guy I am...
00:21:00 - This is Mary. Well, I'll be seeing you.
00:21:04 Now, to get back to my story, see...
00:21:10 Hey, this is my dance.
00:21:11 Oh, why don't you stop annoying people?
00:21:13 Well, I'm sorry. Hey!
00:21:19 - Well, hello.
00:21:22 - You look at me as if you didn't know me.
00:21:25 You've passed me on the street
00:21:28 Me?!
00:21:29 That was a little girl named Mary Hatch.
00:21:32 O-yes, o-yes, o-yes!
00:21:34 The big Charleston contest!
00:21:39 The prize?
00:21:41 Those not tapped by the judges
00:21:55 - I'm not very good at this.
00:21:58 Okay. What can we lose?
00:22:12 Hey, you're wonderful!
00:22:41 What's the matter, Othello,
00:22:45 Did you know there's a swimming pool
00:22:49 And did you know that button behind you
00:22:54 And did you further know that George
00:23:01 And I've got the key?
00:23:25 Stand back, everybody!
00:23:32 They're cheering us.
00:24:13 Get out!
00:24:23 Buffalo Gals,
00:24:25 Can't you come out tonight?
00:24:28 Buffalo Gals,
00:24:31 And dance
00:24:35 by the light of the moon.
00:24:43 - Oh, Hot dog! Just like an organ.
00:24:46 I told Harry I thought
00:24:48 You, you should have seen the
00:24:50 I, I had to knock off three people
00:24:53 Here, let me, let me
00:24:55 Do I look as funny as you do?
00:24:57 I guess I'm not quite the football type.
00:24:58 I... You, you look wonderful!
00:25:01 You know, if it wasn't me talking I'd say
00:25:06 Well, why don't you say it?
00:25:08 Well, I don't know. Maybe I will say it.
00:25:13 - Eighteen.
00:25:15 Why, it was only last year
00:25:18 Too young or too old?
00:25:19 Oh, no, no. Just right.
00:25:23 Yes, sir, you look a little older
00:25:26 I, I mean, without a dress.
00:25:29 I, I mean, younger. You look...
00:25:32 - Oh, oh!
00:25:34 - Oh, no. I wanna...
00:25:37 A pox upon me for a clumsy lout.
00:25:40 Your...your caboose, me lady.
00:25:44 - You may kiss my hand.
00:25:49 Hey.
00:25:53 Hey, Mary.
00:25:54 As I was lumbering
00:25:58 down the street,
00:26:00 Okay then, I'll throw a rock
00:26:03 Oh, no, don't!
00:26:05 No. You see, you make a wish
00:26:07 And you got to be a pretty good
00:26:09 Oh, no, George, don't.
00:26:10 It's full of romance, that old place.
00:26:13 I'd like to live in it.
00:26:14 - In that place?!
00:26:16 I wouldn't live in it as a ghost.
00:26:18 There's a window right on
00:26:25 - What did you wish, George?
00:26:29 Mary, I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow
00:26:31 and the next day and the next year
00:26:34 I'm shaking the dust of this crummy
00:26:37 and I'm gonna see the world.
00:26:38 Italy, Greece, the Parthenon...
00:26:42 Then I'm coming back here and go to
00:26:44 and then I'm going to build things.
00:26:46 I'm gonna build air fields.
00:26:48 I'm gonna build skyscrapers a
00:26:50 I'm gonna build
00:26:53 Well, are you gonna throw a rock?
00:26:59 Hey, that's pretty good.
00:27:01 What'd you wish, Mary?
00:27:06 Buffalo Gals,
00:27:09 Can't you come out tonight?
00:27:12 Buffalo Gal,
00:27:14 And dance by the light of the moon.
00:27:22 What'd you wish
00:27:23 - Oh, no.
00:27:25 If I told you,
00:27:27 What is it you want, Mary?
00:27:29 What do you want?
00:27:30 You, you want the moon?!
00:27:32 Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso
00:27:35 Hey, that's a pretty good idea.
00:27:38 - I'll give you the moon, Mary.
00:27:43 Well then, you could swallow it,
00:27:44 and it'd all dissolve, see?
00:27:47 And the moon beams'd shoot
00:27:50 and the ends of your hair.
00:27:54 Am I talking too much?
00:27:55 Yes!
00:27:57 Why don't you kiss her
00:27:59 How's that?
00:28:01 Why don't you kiss her
00:28:06 Want me to kiss her, huh?
00:28:07 Aw, youth is wasted
00:28:12 Hey, hey, hold on.
00:28:15 I'll show you some kissing
00:28:18 What are you...
00:28:27 Mary?
00:28:39 Okay, I give up.
00:28:41 Over here, in the hydrangea bushes.
00:28:46 Here you are. Catch.
00:28:48 Wait a minute.
00:28:55 This is a very interesting situation!
00:28:57 - Please give me my robe.
00:29:01 A man doesn't get in a situation
00:29:04 I'd like to have my robe.
00:29:06 Not in Bedford Falls anyway.
00:29:07 - Ooooouch! Oh!
00:29:10 - George Bailey!
00:29:12 Give me my robe!
00:29:14 I've read about things like this,
00:29:17 Shame on you!
00:29:20 Oh, my mother's way up on the corner over there.
00:29:23 I'll call the police!
00:29:25 They're way downtown. They'd be on my side, too.
00:29:27 Then, then, then I'm going to scream!
00:29:30 Maybe I could sell tickets.
00:29:33 Let's see.
00:29:38 I've got it. I'll make a deal with you, Mary.
00:29:41 George!
00:29:46 George! Come on home.
00:29:48 You father's had a stroke!
00:29:50 What?!
00:29:51 Mary! Mary, I'm sorry.
00:29:53 Come on, George. Let's hurry!
00:29:54 - Did you get a doctor?
00:30:07 I think that's all we'll need you for, George,
00:30:10 I have a taxi waiting downstairs.
00:30:12 I want the Board to know that George
00:30:15 to help straighten
00:30:18 Good luck to you at school, George.
00:30:20 - Thanks.
00:30:22 Now we come to the real purpose
00:30:25 to appoint a successor
00:30:27 Mr. Chairman,
00:30:29 - Wait just a minute now.
00:30:32 I claim this institution is not necessary
00:30:35 Therefore, Mr. Chairman,
00:30:40 and turn its assets and liabilities over
00:30:42 Potter, you dirty, contemptible...
00:30:44 I'll wring his neck, so help me,
00:30:45 - you hear what that buzzard...
00:30:47 it's too soon after Peter Bailey's death to talk
00:30:51 Peter Bailey died three months ago.
00:30:54 I second Mr. Potter's motion.
00:30:55 Very well. In that case, I'll ask the
00:30:59 But before you go,
00:31:01 I'm sure the whole Board wishes
00:31:04 - at the passing of Peter Bailey.
00:31:06 It was his faith and devotion that are
00:31:10 I'll go further than that.
00:31:12 I'll say that to the public, Peter
00:31:17 Oh, that's fine, Potter, coming from you,
00:31:19 considering that you probably drove
00:31:21 Peter Bailey was not a business man.
00:31:24 That's what killed him. Oh, I don't mean
00:31:28 He was a man of high ideals, so-called.
00:31:32 But ideals without common sense
00:31:37 Now, you take this loan here to Ernie
00:31:40 you know, that fellow that sits around
00:31:46 I happen to know the bank turned down
00:31:52 and we're building him a house
00:31:57 - Why?
00:32:00 You have all the papers there.
00:32:01 His salary, insurance.
00:32:04 - A friend of yours.
00:32:07 You see, if you shoot pool with
00:32:10 you can come and borrow money.
00:32:13 What does that get us?
00:32:15 A discontented, lazy rabble
00:32:20 And all because a few starry-eyed
00:32:25 stir them up and fill their heads
00:32:29 - Now, I say...
00:32:32 Just a minute.
00:32:34 You're right when you say my father
00:32:37 Why he ever started this cheap penny-ante
00:32:41 But neither you nor anybody else can say
00:32:44 because his whole life was...
00:32:46 Why, in the twenty-five years since
00:32:49 he never once thought of himself.
00:32:51 He didn't save enough money
00:32:54 But he did help a few people
00:32:57 And what's wrong with that?
00:32:58 Why...here,
00:33:01 Doesn't it make them better citizens?
00:33:04 You...you said that uh...
00:33:06 They, they had to wait and save their money
00:33:10 Wait! Wait for what?
00:33:12 Until their children grow up
00:33:13 Until they're so old
00:33:16 Do you know how long it takes a working
00:33:19 Just remember this, Mr. Potter,
00:33:22 they do most of the working and paying
00:33:26 Well, it is too much to have them work
00:33:28 in a couple of decent rooms
00:33:30 Anyway, my father didn't think so.
00:33:33 People were human beings to him,
00:33:35 but to you, a warped,
00:33:39 Well, in my book, he died a much
00:33:41 I'm not interested in your book.
00:33:46 I know very well what you're talking about.
00:33:47 You're talking about something you can't
00:33:51 That's what you're talking about, I know.
00:33:53 Well, I, I, I've said too much.
00:33:55 I... You're, you're the Board here.
00:33:59 There's j-just one thing more though.
00:34:00 This town needs this measly
00:34:03 if only to have some place where people
00:34:07 Come on,
00:34:14 Sentimental hogwash.
00:34:20 Oh boy, that was telling him,
00:34:22 You shut his big mouth.
00:34:24 What happened?
00:34:25 Well, we're being voted out of business
00:34:29 Easy come, easy go.
00:34:30 Here it is.
00:34:32 You still want me hang around, George?
00:34:34 Yeah, I'll be right down.
00:34:35 Hey, you'll miss your train.
00:34:37 You're a week late for school already.
00:34:38 - What's going on in there?
00:34:41 They're putting us out of business.
00:34:44 I can get another job.
00:34:46 - Fifty-six.
00:34:47 Hey, look, you gave up your boat trip,
00:34:51 George!
00:34:52 They voted Potter down.
00:34:56 - Whoopee!
00:34:58 But they got one condition,
00:35:00 - What's that?
00:35:01 They've appointed George here as
00:35:05 Oh, no!
00:35:06 You can keep him on.
00:35:08 As Secretary you can hire anyone you like.
00:35:10 Dr. Campbell, now let's get this thing straight.
00:35:12 I'm leaving.
00:35:13 I'm going to school.
00:35:15 Uncle Billy here, he's your man.
00:35:17 But, George, they'll vote with Potter otherwise.
00:35:22 I know, I know, he didn't go.
00:35:24 That's right.
00:35:25 Not only that, but he gave his school money
00:35:30 Harry became a football star.
00:35:31 Made second team All-American.
00:35:33 Yeah, but what happened to George?
00:35:36 George got four years older,
00:35:39 and take over the Building and Loan.
00:35:41 Oh, there are plenty of jobs around
00:35:43 Look at this.
00:35:45 Venezuela oil fields - Wanted.
00:35:49 Here's the Yukon, oh, right here -
00:35:55 There she blows.
00:35:57 You know what the three most exciting
00:35:59 - Uh-huh.
00:36:01 No, no, no, no!
00:36:03 - Anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles.
00:36:07 There's the Professor now.
00:36:08 - Old Professor Phil Beta Kappa Bailey! All-American.
00:36:12 What? No husky dogs?
00:36:14 Uncle Billy, you haven't changed a bit.
00:36:15 - Nobody ever changes here, you know that.
00:36:18 - Say, where's mother?
00:36:21 - Come on. Let's go.
00:36:23 George, Uncle Billy,
00:36:26 - Hello.
00:36:27 - Ruth Dakin.
00:36:30 Huh?
00:36:31 Well, I wired you I had a surprise.
00:36:34 Well, what do you know - wife.
00:36:38 Well, how do you do.
00:36:41 What am I doing?
00:36:43 They're married...
00:36:47 ...Oh, I can't wait to see Tilly's face.
00:36:51 - Did you really marry him?
00:36:52 What's a pretty girl like you doing
00:36:55 Well, I tell you.
00:36:57 My father offered him a job.
00:36:58 Oh, he gets you and a job?
00:37:03 Uh, George, about that job,
00:37:06 I never said I'd take it.
00:37:08 You've been holding the bag here
00:37:10 well, I won't let you down, George.
00:37:12 I would like to... Oh, wait a minute.
00:37:14 I'll be right back.
00:37:16 It was a surprise to me.
00:37:21 Old, old friends of the family.
00:37:27 - Oh, of course, I've heard him speak of you.
00:37:30 we're going to give the biggest party
00:37:37 Here, have some popcorn.
00:37:40 George, George, George,
00:37:42 Uh, uh, uh, Ruth, uh, this,
00:37:46 Oh, well, my father owns
00:37:49 He wants to get Harry started
00:37:51 - Well, is it a good job?
00:37:54 - Not much money, but, uh, good future, you know.
00:37:57 Harry's a genius at research.
00:37:59 - My father just fell in love with him.
00:38:18 Oh boy, oh boy,
00:38:21 I feel so good.
00:38:25 I think I will.
00:38:27 What did you say?
00:38:30 Oh, maybe I'd better go home.
00:38:32 Where's my hat?
00:38:34 Oh! Oh, thank you, George,
00:38:38 - The middle one.
00:38:41 Now, look, if you'll point me in the right
00:38:45 - Right down here.
00:38:48 Now you just turn this way and
00:38:52 That way, huh?
00:38:53 My Wild Irish rose...
00:39:00 I'm all right.
00:39:04 The sweetest flower that grows...
00:39:46 Hello, Mom.
00:39:49 That's for nothing.
00:39:52 - How do you like her?
00:39:55 Looks like she can keep Harry on his toes.
00:39:58 Keep him out of Bedford Falls anyway.
00:40:02 Did you know that
00:40:05 - Uh-huh.
00:40:07 Hmmm...
00:40:09 - Nice girl, Mary.
00:40:13 Kind that will help you
00:40:16 - Hmmm...
00:40:19 Hmmm.
00:40:20 Can you give me one good reason
00:40:24 - Sure - Sam Wainwright.
00:40:25 - Yes, Sam's crazy about Mary.
00:40:29 Well, how do you know?
00:40:30 - Well, did she discuss it with you?
00:40:31 - Well then, how do you know?
00:40:34 Why, she lights up like a firefly
00:40:37 Oh...
00:40:39 And besides, Sam Wainwright's away in
00:40:43 And all's fair in love and war.
00:40:46 Well, I don't know about war.
00:40:51 Mother of mine, I can see right through you,
00:40:55 - trying to get rid of me, huh?
00:41:00 Well, here's your hat,
00:41:03 All right, Mother,
00:41:05 I think I'll go out and find the girl
00:41:09 Oh, George...
00:41:10 Now if you'll just point me
00:41:15 this direction?
00:41:23 Good night, Mrs. Bailey.
00:41:36 - Excuse me...
00:41:39 I think I got a date.
00:41:41 But uh, stick around, fellows,
00:41:45 We'll wait for you, baby.
00:41:49 - Hello, George-Porgie!
00:41:52 - Hey, uh...What gives?
00:41:56 - Where are you going?
00:42:00 Georgie, don't you ever get tired of
00:42:06 - Yes. What are you doing tonight?
00:42:10 Are you game, Violet?
00:42:12 Oh, I'd love it, Georgie.
00:42:14 Let's go out in the fields and take off our shoes,
00:42:18 Huh?
00:42:19 Then we can to up to the falls.
00:42:22 and there's a green pool up there,
00:42:24 and we can, uh, s-swim in it.
00:42:27 Then we can climb Mt. Bedford,
00:42:29 and smell the pines
00:42:32 and we'll stay up there the whole night,
00:42:33 and everybody'll be talking
00:42:35 Georgie, have you gone crazy?
00:42:37 Walk in the grass in my bare feet?
00:42:40 - Why, it's ten miles up to Mt. Bedford.
00:42:43 - You think just because you...
00:43:05 What are you doing, picketing?
00:43:07 Hello, Mary.
00:43:09 I just happened to be passing by.
00:43:11 Yes, so I noticed.
00:43:14 - Have you made up your mind?
00:43:16 Have you made up your mind?
00:43:18 - About what?
00:43:21 Your mother just phoned and said
00:43:25 My mother just called you?
00:43:27 - Didn't you tell her?
00:43:29 I just went for a walk and happened
00:43:32 What do you...
00:43:39 - I'll be downstairs, mother.
00:44:04 Well, are you coming in
00:44:07 Well, I'll come in for a minute.
00:44:24 I didn't tell anybody
00:44:29 - When did you get back?
00:44:33 Where'd you get that dress?
00:44:35 - Do you like it?
00:44:42 I thought you'd go back to New York like
00:44:47 Oh, oh, I worked there a couple of vacations.
00:44:50 I don't know...
00:44:52 Homesick?
00:44:56 Yes, and my family, and...
00:45:03 Would you like to sit down?
00:45:04 All right, for a minute.
00:45:07 I-I still can't understand it though.
00:45:11 Would you rather leave?
00:45:13 No, I don't want to be rude.
00:45:14 Well, then sit down.
00:45:16 What's this?
00:45:20 Some joke, huh?
00:45:27 Well, I see it still smells like pine needles around here.
00:45:33 Thank you.
00:45:41 And dance by the...
00:45:44 What's the matter?
00:45:46 Oh, oh, yeah...yeah...
00:45:51 Well, I...
00:45:52 It was nice about your brother Harry,
00:45:55 Oh...yeah, yeah. That's all right.
00:45:57 Don't you like her?
00:45:58 Well, of course, I like her. She's a peach.
00:46:02 Oh, it's just marriage in general
00:46:06 No. Uh, marriage is all right
00:46:10 Mary! Mary!
00:46:12 Who's down there with you?
00:46:14 It's George Bailey, Mother.
00:46:16 George Bailey?!
00:46:19 I don't know.
00:46:21 What do you want?
00:46:23 Me?
00:46:25 Not a thing.
00:46:30 He's making violent love to me, Mother.
00:46:33 You tell him to go right back home,
00:46:36 Sam Wainwright promised to call you
00:46:40 But your mother needn't...
00:46:41 You know I - I didn't come here to...
00:46:43 What did you come here for then?
00:46:44 I don't know.
00:46:45 You're supposed to be the one
00:46:47 - You tell me.
00:46:49 That's where I'm going. I don't know
00:46:52 - Good night.
00:46:53 Mary! Mary!
00:46:55 - The telephone. It's Sam!
00:46:58 Whatever were you doing that you couldn't hear?
00:47:09 Mary, he'swaiting!
00:47:15 Hello.
00:47:18 I forgot my hat.
00:47:21 Hee-haw! Hello, Sam, how are you?
00:47:25 Aw, I'm great.
00:47:28 Oh, well, that's awfully sweet of you, Sam.
00:47:32 There's an old friend of yours here.
00:47:35 You mean old moss-back George?
00:47:37 Yes. Old moss-back George.
00:47:40 Hee-haw! Put him on.
00:47:42 W-Wait just a minute.
00:47:44 He doesn't want to speak to George,
00:47:46 He does so.
00:47:48 Geo-George!
00:47:56 - Hi, Sam.
00:48:00 Hey, a fine pal you are.
00:48:01 What're you trying to do?
00:48:03 W-W-What do you mean?
00:48:06 H-Here...here's Mary.
00:48:08 No, no, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
00:48:10 - Here to you.
00:48:12 - You tell him.
00:48:14 I am not!
00:48:16 We can both hear.
00:48:19 We-We're listening, Sam.
00:48:21 Well look, I have a big deal coming up
00:48:24 George, you remember that night
00:48:27 you told me you read someplace
00:48:30 Jelly beans?
00:48:32 Shut up, will you?
00:48:33 Do you remember out of jelly-
00:48:37 Huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah...
00:48:40 Well, listen.
00:48:42 And he's going to build a factory
00:48:45 How do you like that?
00:48:48 Rochester?
00:48:52 Well, why not?
00:48:55 Oh, I don't know...
00:48:56 Why not right here?
00:48:58 Y-You remember that...
00:49:01 W-Well, you tell your father
00:49:04 And all the labor he wants, too.
00:49:05 Half the town was thrown out of work
00:49:08 Is that so? Well, I'll tell him.
00:49:10 Hey, that sounds great.
00:49:11 Oh, baby, I knew you'd come through.
00:49:13 Now here's the point,
00:49:15 Mary...Mary, you're in on this, too.
00:49:22 - Money? Yeah...well, a little.
00:49:25 I want you to put every cent
00:49:28 And George, I may have a job for you,
00:49:31 that is, unless you're still married
00:49:36 Well, this is the biggest thing since radio.
00:49:39 Oh, Mary...
00:49:44 Well, I-I'm here.
00:49:46 Uh, would you tell that guy
00:49:50 The chance of a lifetime.
00:49:55 H-He says it's the chance of a lifetime.
00:50:01 Now you listen to me.
00:50:03 I don't want any plastics.
00:50:06 And I don't want to get married ever to anyone.
00:50:10 I want to do what I want to do.
00:50:12 And you're...
00:50:15 - Oh, Mary...Mary...
00:50:21 Mary... Would you?
00:50:31 Here they come!
00:50:55 Goodbye.
00:51:12 First Harry.
00:51:15 Annie, we're just two old maids now.
00:51:17 You speak for yourself, Mrs. B.
00:51:22 If either of you two see a stranger
00:51:27 Hey, look!
00:51:30 Bert the cop sent this over.
00:51:32 He said to float away to Happy Land
00:51:34 - Oh, look at this. Old Bert. Champagne!
00:51:36 By the way, where are you two going
00:51:39 Where are we going?
00:51:41 Look at this.
00:51:43 Here, come on, count it, Mary.
00:51:45 I feel like a bootlegger's wife.
00:51:46 You know what we're going to do?
00:51:49 A whole week in New York.
00:51:51 The highest hotels, the oldest champagne,
00:51:54 the richest caviar, the hottest music,
00:51:58 Wow!
00:52:00 - Then what, honey?
00:52:04 That does it,
00:52:09 Don't look now, but there's something funny
00:52:13 I've never really seen one, but that's got
00:52:25 Hey, Ernie, if you got any money
00:52:28 - George, let's not stop. Let's go.
00:52:33 - Oh-oh...
00:52:36 I'll be back in a minute, Mary.
00:52:54 Well, hello, everybody.
00:52:57 Charlie?
00:53:17 What is this, Uncle Billy?
00:53:20 George...
00:53:21 Come on in, everybody.
00:53:24 Just come on in.
00:53:29 Now look,
00:53:31 There are a lot of seats over there.
00:53:34 Just make yourself at home.
00:53:37 George, can I see you a minute?
00:53:41 - Why didn't you call me?
00:53:43 This is a pickle, George.
00:53:44 All right now, what happened?
00:53:46 Well, how does a thing like this ever start?
00:53:48 - When?
00:53:50 - I had to hand over all our cash.
00:53:52 Every cent of it
00:53:53 Holy mackerel!
00:53:55 And then I got scared, George,
00:54:01 The whole town's gone crazy.
00:54:03 Yes, h-hello?
00:54:04 George, it's Potter.
00:54:12 there is a rumor around town that you've
00:54:17 Oh, well, I'm very glad to hear that.
00:54:21 - Do you need any police?
00:54:25 Well, mobs get pretty ugly
00:54:29 George, I'm going all out
00:54:34 I've just guaranteed the bank
00:54:39 They'll close up for a week
00:54:43 He just took over the bank.
00:54:45 I may lose a fortune,
00:54:51 Just tell them to bring their shares over here,
00:54:56 Aw, you never miss a trick, do you, Potter?
00:54:58 Well, you're gonna miss this one.
00:54:59 If you close your doors before six P.M.,
00:55:12 George, was it a nice wedding?
00:55:16 Yeah...
00:55:19 You can take this one off now.
00:55:30 Now, just remember that this thing isn't
00:55:45 I have some news for you folks.
00:55:47 I was just talking to old man Potter
00:55:50 The bank's going to reopen next week.
00:55:52 But, George, I got my money here.
00:55:53 Did he guarantee this place?
00:55:55 Well, no, Charlie.
00:55:57 - We don't need Potter over here.
00:56:00 No, but you...you...
00:56:05 As if I had the money back in a safe.
00:56:07 The, the money's not here.
00:56:09 Well, your money's in Joe's house...
00:56:11 And in the Kennedy House, and Mrs. Macklin's
00:56:15 Why, you're lending them the money to build,
00:56:17 and then, they're going to pay it
00:56:19 Now what are you going to do?
00:56:21 I got two hundred and forty-two dollars
00:56:23 and two hundred and forty-two dollars
00:56:28 Okay, Tom. All right.
00:56:32 - You'll get your money in sixty days.
00:56:34 Well, now that's what you agreed
00:56:37 - Tom...Tom... Did you get your money?
00:56:39 Well, I did. Old man Potter'll pay fifty cents
00:56:42 - Fifty cents on the dollar!
00:56:45 - Well, what do you say?
00:56:48 you have to stick to your original agreement.
00:56:50 - Now give us sixty days on this.
00:56:52 - Are you going to go to Potter's?
00:56:55 Tom!
00:56:58 Randall, now wait a minute, wait...
00:57:00 now listen...now listen to me.
00:57:02 I-I beg of you not to do this thing.
00:57:04 If Potter gets ahold of this Building and Loan,
00:57:06 there'll never be another decent
00:57:08 He's already got charge of the bank.
00:57:11 He's got the department stores.
00:57:13 Why?
00:57:15 Because we're cutting in on his business,
00:57:17 And because he wants
00:57:19 and paying the kind of rent he decides.
00:57:21 Joe, you had one of those Potter houses,
00:57:24 Have you forgotten what he charged
00:57:27 Here, Ed. You know, you remember last year
00:57:30 you couldn't make your payments.
00:57:31 You didn't lose your house, did you?
00:57:34 Ca-Can't you understand
00:57:37 Don't you see what's happening?
00:57:39 Potter isn't selling.
00:57:41 And why? Because we're panicky and he's not.
00:57:44 He's picking up some bargains.
00:57:45 Now, We-We can get through this thing all right.
00:57:48 We-We've got to stick together, though.
00:57:51 But my husband hasn't worked in
00:57:54 - How am I going to live until the bank opens?
00:57:58 - I need cash.
00:58:00 How much do you need?
00:58:03 Hey!
00:58:07 Here's two thousand dollars.
00:58:09 All right,
00:58:10 Two hundred and forty-two dollars.
00:58:12 Aw, Tom, just enough to tide you over
00:58:14 I'll take
00:58:20 - There you are.
00:58:21 Your account's still here.
00:58:24 Okay. All right, Ed?
00:58:26 - I got three hundred dollars here, George.
00:58:28 wh-wh-what'll it take till the bank opens?
00:58:31 - Well, I-I suppose twenty dollars.
00:58:35 Fine.
00:58:36 All right now, Mrs. Thompson,
00:58:38 - But it's your own money, George.
00:58:40 - How much do you want?
00:58:42 - Twenty dollars.
00:58:45 I know you-you'll pay it when you can.
00:58:47 That's okay.
00:58:49 - Could I have seventeen-fifty?
00:58:53 Bless your heart, of course you can have it.
00:58:56 - Seven...
00:58:58 - They'll never close us up today!
00:59:02 three, two, one...
00:59:05 Bingo!
00:59:06 We made it. Close the door, Ernie.
00:59:08 Look, we're still in business.
00:59:11 Well, look, let's have some of that.
00:59:13 G-Get some glasses,
00:59:14 Well, a couple of financial wizards.
00:59:16 Those Rockefellers.
00:59:18 Get a tray for these two great
00:59:20 We'll save them for seed.
00:59:22 A toast! A toast to Mama Dollar
00:59:25 and if you want to keep this
00:59:28 - you better have a family real quick.
00:59:30 I wish they were, too.
00:59:32 Okay, let's put them in safe
00:59:44 - Folks, folks, wedding cigars!
00:59:48 Holy mackerel, I'm married!
00:59:51 Well, poor Mary.
00:59:52 Look, I've got a train to catch.
00:59:54 I wonder if Ernie's still here with his taxicab?
00:59:57 George, there's a call for you.
00:59:59 Look, will you get my wife on the phone?
01:00:02 - Mrs. Bailey is on the phone.
01:00:05 I want my wife.
01:00:08 Here, I'll take it in here.
01:00:10 Mary! Hello. Listen, dear.
01:00:14 What? Come home?
01:00:18 Three-twenty Sycamore?
01:00:20 whose home is that?
01:00:35 Hey, this is the company's posters,
01:00:38 How would you like to get a ticket next week?
01:00:40 - Haven't you any romance in you?
01:00:43 Liver pills!
01:00:44 Who wants to see liver pills on their honeymoon?
01:00:47 What we want is romantic places,
01:00:53 - Hey, Bert. Here he comes.
01:00:56 - Who?
01:00:58 This is their honeymoon.
01:01:00 What are they - ducks?
01:01:04 - Get that ladder up here.
01:01:06 - Hurry up. Hurry up. Hurry up.
01:01:18 Hiya...Geo...uh...good evening, sir.
01:01:23 Entree, Monsieur.
01:01:27 - Entree.
01:01:34 Where skies of blue are calling me.
01:01:44 Where balmy air and golden moonlight
01:01:54 caress The waving palms of Waikiki.
01:02:46 Welcome home, Mr. Bailey.
01:02:54 Well, I'll be...
01:03:01 Mary, where did you...
01:03:10 I Love You Truly,
01:03:15 Truly, Dear.
01:03:20 Life with Its Shadows,
01:03:25 Oh, Mary...
01:03:26 Life with Its Tears.
01:03:29 Remember the night we broke
01:03:31 Fade into Dreams,
01:03:36 When I Feel You Are Near,
01:03:40 - Darling, you're wonderful.
01:03:50 Truly, Dear.
01:04:05 - Martini, you rented a new house?
01:04:10 - You hear what he say, Mr. Bailey?
01:04:13 I own the house.
01:04:15 Me, Giuseppe Martini, I own my own house.
01:04:18 No more we live like pigs in this Potter's Field.
01:04:22 Hurry, Marie!
01:04:23 Come on...
01:04:25 This is like a dream!
01:04:27 I'll take the kids in the car.
01:04:29 Oh, thank you, Mr. Bailey.
01:04:31 All right, kids. Here.
01:04:33 Get in here.
01:04:34 Now get right up on the seat there.
01:04:38 Get the...get the dog!
01:04:42 You've got a goat too!
01:04:45 - All right. Goodbye.
01:04:53 All in.
01:05:13 Mr. and Mrs. Martini, welcome home.
01:05:16 Good old George.
01:05:19 Hee-haw!
01:05:21 - Sam Wainwright!
01:05:25 Bread!
01:05:29 Salt!
01:05:33 And wine!!
01:05:36 Enter the Martini castle!
01:05:40 Look, Mr. Potter, it's no skin off my nose.
01:05:42 I'm just your little rent collector.
01:05:44 But you can't laugh off this Bailey Park
01:05:49 Congressman Black is here to see you.
01:05:51 Oh, tell the congressman to wait.
01:05:54 Fifteen years ago, a half-dozen houses
01:05:57 There's the old cemetery, squirrels,
01:06:00 I used to hunt rabbits there myself.
01:06:03 Look at it today.
01:06:04 Dozens of the prettiest little homes you ever saw.
01:06:07 Ninety per cent owned by suckers
01:06:10 Your Potter's Field, my dear Mr. Employer,
01:06:14 And are the local yokels making with
01:06:17 Oh, they are, are they?
01:06:19 Even though they know the Baileys
01:06:22 You know very well why,
01:06:23 the Baileys were all chumps.
01:06:25 Every one of these homes is worth twice
01:06:29 - If I were you, Mr. Potter...
01:06:32 As I say, it's no skin off my nose.
01:06:38 But one of these days this bright young man
01:06:45 The Bailey family has been a boil
01:06:49 - Yes, sir?
01:06:51 We just stopped in town to take a look
01:06:53 - we're going to drive on down to Florida.
01:06:55 - Why don't you have your friends join us?
01:06:58 Hey, why don't you kids drive down
01:07:01 Oh, I'm afraid I couldn't get away, Sam.
01:07:03 Still got the nose to the old grindstone, eh?
01:07:05 Jane, I offered to let George in on the ground
01:07:10 - Oh, now don't rub it in.
01:07:13 Well, I guess we better run along.
01:07:15 Awfully glad to have met you, Mary.
01:07:17 - Nice meeting you.
01:07:18 - Goodbye, George.
01:07:19 - See you in the funny papers.
01:07:20 - So long, Mary.
01:07:22 Thanks for dropping around.
01:07:24 Florida!
01:07:25 Hee-haw.
01:07:56 Thank you, sir.
01:07:58 Quite a cigar, Mr. Potter.
01:07:59 You like it?
01:08:10 Well, I, uh, I suppose
01:08:14 but just what exactly did you want
01:08:18 George, now that's just
01:08:24 George, I'm an old man,
01:08:27 But I don't like them, either,
01:08:30 You know, just as well as I do,
01:08:35 but the Bailey Building and Loan.
01:08:38 You know, also, that for a number of years
01:08:43 But I haven't been able to do it.
01:08:45 You have been stopping me.
01:08:48 In fact, you have beaten me, George,
01:08:52 and as anyone in this county
01:08:57 Take during the depression,
01:09:00 You and I were the only ones
01:09:03 You saved the Building and Loan,
01:09:07 Yeah. Well, most people say
01:09:10 The envious ones say that,
01:09:14 Now, I have stated my side very frankly.
01:09:19 Now, let's look at your side.
01:09:22 Young man, twenty-seven, twenty-eight,
01:09:29 - Forty-five!
01:09:32 Out of which,
01:09:35 and paying your bills, you're able to keep,
01:09:40 But, George Bailey is not a common,
01:09:44 He's an intelligent,
01:09:48 who hates his job, who hates the Building
01:09:53 A young man who's been dying to get
01:09:58 A young man...the smartest one
01:10:01 a young man who has to sit by and
01:10:05 because he's trapped.
01:10:07 Yes, sir, trapped into frittering his life away
01:10:14 Do I paint a correct picture,
01:10:20 Oh, what's your point, Mr. Potter?
01:10:22 - My point? My point is, I want to hire you.
01:10:25 I want you to manage my affairs,
01:10:29 George, I'll start you out at
01:10:35  
01:10:38 Twenty thous...
01:10:41 You wouldn't mind living
01:10:44 buying your wife a lot of fine clothes,
01:10:47 a couple of business trips to New York
01:10:52 You wouldn't mind that,
01:10:54 Would I?
01:10:58 Y-You're not talking to somebody else
01:11:00 you know, th-this is me, you remember me?
01:11:03 Oh, yes, George Bailey.
01:11:08 provided he has enough brains
01:11:20 Holy mackerel!
01:11:24 Well, how about the Building and Loan?
01:11:27 Oh, confound it, man!
01:11:30 I'm offering you a three-year contract at
01:11:36 Is it a deal, or isn't it?
01:11:39 Well, Mr. Potter, I...
01:11:41 I...I know I ought to jump
01:11:46 I-I wonder if-if it would be possible for you
01:11:50 Sure, sure, sure.
01:11:51 You go on home
01:11:54 - I'd like to do that.
01:11:56 In the meantime,
01:11:58 - All right, sir.
01:12:02 Okay, Mr. Potter.
01:12:12  
01:12:13 No, no, no, no. Wait a minute here.
01:12:16 I don't need twenty-four hours.
01:12:20 I know right now,
01:12:22 Doggone it!
01:12:23 You sit around here
01:12:26 and you think the whole world revolves
01:12:28 Well, it doesn't, Mr. Potter.
01:12:30 In the...in the whole
01:12:33 I'd say you were nothing
01:12:36 You...and that goes for you, too.
01:12:45 And it goes for you, too.
01:12:54 If you wouldn't mind living
01:12:57 Buying your wife a lot of fine clothes.
01:13:00 Going to New York on a business trip
01:13:04 Maybe to Europe once in a while.
01:13:07 I know what I'm going to do tomorrow
01:13:09 and the next day and next year
01:13:12 I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town
01:13:17 and then I'm going to build things.
01:13:20 I'm going to build skyscrapers
01:13:23 I'm going to build a bridge a mile long.
01:13:27 What is it you want,
01:13:28 Mary? What? Y-You want the moon?
01:13:30 If you do, just say the word,
01:13:33 and pulls her down for you.
01:13:35 Buffalo Gals,
01:13:37 Won't you come out tonight,
01:13:41 Buffalo Gals,
01:13:44 And...
01:13:52 - Hi.
01:13:59 Mary Hatch!
01:14:03 Wh-Why in the world did you
01:14:07 To keep from being an old maid.
01:14:10 You could have married Sam Wainwright
01:14:14 I didn't want to marry
01:14:17 I want my baby to look like you.
01:14:20 You didn't even have a honeymoon.
01:14:22 I promised you...
01:14:25 My baby.
01:14:28 You...You-You-You-You-You-You-You...
01:14:33 George Bailey lassoes stork.
01:14:36 Lassoes the stork!
01:14:39 What do you...
01:14:41 You mean...you-you-you...
01:14:43 What-what-what is it,
01:14:45 Uh-hm.
01:14:49 Now, you've probably already guessed
01:14:53 No!
01:14:54 Mary had her baby, a boy.
01:14:57 Then she had another one, a girl.
01:15:00 Day after day she worked away remaking
01:15:05 Night after night,
01:15:12 Potter was bearing down hard.
01:15:20 Then came a war.
01:15:22 Ma Bailey and Mrs. Hatch joined
01:15:26 Mary had two more babies but still
01:15:31 Sam Wainwright made a fortune
01:15:35 Potter became head of the draft board.
01:15:37 One-A...
01:15:45 Gower and Uncle Billy sold war bonds.
01:15:48 Bert the cop was wounded in
01:15:53 Ernie, the taxi-driver,
01:15:57 Marty helped capture the Remagen Bridge.
01:16:00 Harry, Harry Bailey topped them all.
01:16:04 A Navy flier,
01:16:08 Two of them as they were about to crash
01:16:13 - Yes, but George...
01:16:16 Four-F on account of his ear,
01:16:21 Hold on, hold on,
01:16:23 Don't you know there's a war on?
01:16:25 Air raid warden...
01:16:36 paper drives...scrap drives...
01:16:40 Like everybody else,
01:16:46 On V-J day,
01:16:51 Joseph, now show him
01:16:53 Yes, sir.
01:16:55 This morning, day before Christmas,
01:16:59 Hi, Ernie,
01:17:07 Gonna snow again.
01:17:08 What do you mean it's gonna snow?
01:17:12 I know, I know, George.
01:17:14 Commander Harry Bailey!
01:17:16 Mr. Gower, look at this.
01:17:18 The second page.
01:17:20 This is for you.
01:17:21 - Thanks.
01:17:25 Be sure you spell the name right.
01:17:27 Hello, Billy, how are you?
01:17:37 Extra!
01:17:40 George! George! It's Harry now
01:17:42 - Harry! What do you know about that!
01:17:45 Reverse the charges...
01:17:47 Harry...
01:17:49 Oh, you old seven times of a son of a gun.
01:17:52 Congratulations!
01:17:53 How's mother standing it?
01:17:55 She did?
01:17:57 What do you know...
01:17:58 Mother had lunch with the President's wife.
01:17:59 Wait till Martha hears about this.
01:18:00 - What did they have to eat?
01:18:02 H-H-Harry, you should see what
01:18:07 Oh, they are?
01:18:08 The Navy's going to fly mother
01:18:10 In a plane?
01:18:12 What?
01:18:14 - Has Uncle Billy come in yet?
01:18:16 No, he's not here right now, Harry.
01:18:18 - George...
01:18:20 ...George, tha-that man's here again.
01:18:22 - What man?
01:18:23 Oh, oh.
01:18:25 Harry, talk to Eustace for a minute,
01:18:27 I'll be right back.
01:18:29 - Harry...
01:18:31 Carter, bank examiner.
01:18:32 - Mr. Carter, Merry Christmas.
01:18:35 We're all excited around here.
01:18:37 My brother just got
01:18:39 The president just decorated him.
01:18:40 Well, I guess they do those things.
01:18:41 Well, I trust you had a good year.
01:18:43 Good year?
01:18:45 Uh, well, between you and me,
01:18:48 Yeah, very funny.
01:18:51 Uh, w-well...
01:18:54 Oh, I shouldn't wonder when you okay
01:18:59 George, shall we hang up?
01:19:00 No, no. He wants to talk to Uncle Billy.
01:19:02 Now, if you'll cooperate,
01:19:05 I want to spend Christmas
01:19:08 I don't blame you at all, Mr. Carter.
01:19:09 Just step right in here.
01:19:11 December twenty-fourth...
01:19:20 Eight thousand.
01:19:24 Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter...
01:19:27 Well, good morning, Mr. Potter?
01:19:29 What's the news?
01:19:30 Oh, well, well, well.
01:19:34 That couldn't be one of the Bailey boys?
01:19:36 You just can't keep those Baileys down,
01:19:40 How does slacker George feel about that?
01:19:42 Very jealous.
01:19:44 He only lost three buttons off his vest.
01:19:46 Of course, slacker George would have gotten
01:19:50 Bad ear.
01:19:51 Yes. After all, Potter, some people
01:19:55 Not every heel was in Germany and Japan.
01:20:07 - Oh, good morning, Mr. Bailey.
01:20:12 - I guess you forgot something.
01:20:14 - You forgot something.
01:20:16 - Well, aren't you going to make a deposit?
01:20:19 Well, then it's usually customary
01:20:22 Huh? Oh, shucks...
01:20:26 Well, I knew I had...
01:20:29 - How about that finger there?
01:20:33 Bailey...
01:20:41 Take me back there.
01:20:45 Come on, look sharp.
01:21:05 Take me back.
01:21:17 Just make yourself at home, Mr. Carter.
01:21:20 Oh, hello, Vi.
01:21:21 George, can I see you for a second?
01:21:23 Why, of course you can.
01:21:26 Uncle Billy, talk to Harry.
01:21:30 Hurry, Uncle Billy, hurry.
01:21:32 Hey, here's Harry on the phone.
01:21:33 Harry, your nephew, remember?
01:21:35 Here he is.
01:21:37 Hello...hello. Y-Y-Yes, Harry.
01:21:39 Yes...everything...
01:21:42 I should have my head examined.
01:21:45 It's got to be somewhere.
01:21:53 Here you are.
01:21:55 Character?
01:21:57 If I had any character, I'd...
01:21:58 It takes a lot of character to leave your
01:22:01 No, George, don't...
01:22:03 - Now here, now you're broke, aren't you?
01:22:06 What do you want to do,
01:22:10 Want to walk to New York?
01:22:11 You know, they charge for meals
01:22:13 just the same as
01:22:15 - Yeah, sure.
01:22:17 That's my business.
01:22:19 Besides, you'll get a job.
01:22:21 Good luck to you.
01:22:23 I'm glad I know you, George Bailey.
01:22:30 Say hello to New York for me.
01:22:31 Yeah, yeah...sure, I will.
01:22:33 Now let's hear from you once in a while.
01:22:35 Hmm.
01:22:39 - Merry Christmas, Violet.
01:22:43 - Mr. Bailey.
01:22:44 I'm sorry.
01:22:46 - Uncle Billy in?
01:22:49 Unc...
01:22:51 The bank examiner's here, and I...
01:22:54 - He's here?
01:22:55 He wants the accounts payable...
01:22:57 - What's the matter with you?
01:23:21 - Eustace.
01:23:22 Come here a minute.
01:23:25 Did you see Uncle Billy with
01:23:27 He had it on his desk counting it
01:23:31 Now look, did you buy anything?
01:23:32 - Nothing. Not even a stick of gum.
01:23:35 Now, we'll go over every step you took
01:23:37 All right. This way.
01:23:48 And did you put the envelope
01:23:50 Yeah...maybe, maybe, maybe...
01:23:53 Maybe-Maybe!
01:23:55 We've got to find that money!
01:23:57 - I'm no good to you, George. I...
01:24:01 Listen to me.
01:24:11 Listen to me, listen to me!
01:24:15 I can't think anymore, George.
01:24:19 Where's that money,
01:24:22 Where's that money?
01:24:23 Do you realize what this means?
01:24:25 It means bankruptcy
01:24:29 That's what it means.
01:24:30 One of us is going to jail!
01:24:31 Well, it's not gonna be me.
01:24:56 Hello, darling.
01:24:57 Hello daddy, hello daddy.
01:24:59 How do you like it?
01:25:01 Bless you!
01:25:05 Did you bring the wreath?
01:25:06 - Yes, Daddy, did you bring the Christmas wreath?
01:25:09 Oh, that's the Merry Christmas Wreath
01:25:11 No. I left it at the office.
01:25:13 - Is it snowing?
01:25:15 - Where's your coat and hat?
01:25:19 - What's the matter?
01:25:30 Go on, Pete, you're a big boy.
01:25:32 You can put the star up.
01:25:33 Way up at the top.
01:25:35 That's it.
01:25:37 All right.
01:25:38 Fill in that little bare
01:25:40 That's it.
01:25:43 Isn't it wonderful about Harry?
01:25:45 We're famous, George.
01:25:46 I'll bet I had fifty calls today
01:25:50 Your mother's so excited, she...
01:26:13 Must she keep playing that?
01:26:16 I have to practice it
01:26:18 Mommy says we can stay up till midnight
01:26:22 Can you sing, Daddy?
01:26:24 Better hurry and shave.
01:26:25 The families will be here soon.
01:26:27 Families! I...I don't want
01:26:32 Come on out in the kitchen with me
01:26:36 Excuse me.
01:26:39 Have a hectic day?
01:26:40 Oh, yeah. Another big red-letter day
01:26:44 Daddy, the Brown's next door
01:26:47 Well, what's the matter with our car?
01:26:50 Yes, Daddy.
01:26:51 Excuse me.
01:26:53 Excuse you for what?
01:26:55 I burped!
01:26:57 All right, darling, you're excused.
01:26:58 Now go upstairs and see
01:27:02 Zuzu.
01:27:04 Oh, she's got a cold.
01:27:06 Caught it coming home from school.
01:27:07 They gave her a flower for a prize
01:27:09 and she didn't want to crush it
01:27:11 - What is it, a sore throat or what?
01:27:14 - The doctor says it's nothing serious.
01:27:15 - Was the doctor here?
01:27:17 - He says it's nothing to worry about.
01:27:18 - What is it?
01:27:21 - She'll be all right.
01:27:23 I don't...I don't know
01:27:25 This drafty old barn!
01:27:30 Why did we have to live here in the first place
01:27:36 George, what's wrong?
01:27:37 Wrong?
01:27:38 You call this a happy family?
01:27:40 Why did we have to have all these kids?
01:27:42 Dad, how do you spell 'frankincense'?
01:27:43 I don't know.
01:27:46 - Where're you going?
01:27:48 He told me to write a play for tomorrow.
01:28:01 F-R-A-N-K-I-N...
01:28:05 Hi, Daddy.
01:28:07 - Well, what happened to you?
01:28:11 Wait now.
01:28:13 Want to give my flower a drink.
01:28:14 All right, all right, here,
01:28:17 I'll give it a drink.
01:28:21 - Look, Daddy...paste it.
01:28:30 Now, I'll paste this together.
01:28:36 Now, there it is, good as new.
01:28:41 - Now, will you do something for me?
01:28:43 Will you try to get some sleep?
01:28:45 I'm not sleepy.
01:28:48 I know, I know,
01:28:51 and then you can dream about it,
01:28:55 - It will?
01:29:05 - Telephone!
01:29:10 Hello.
01:29:12 Yes, this is Mrs. Bailey.
01:29:15 Oh, thank you, Mrs. Welch.
01:29:18 The doctor says that she ought to be out
01:29:21 - Is that Zuzu's teacher?
01:29:22 Let me speak to her.
01:29:24 Hello. Hello, Mrs. Welch?
01:29:27 This is George Bailey.
01:29:29 Say, what kind of a teacher are you anyway?
01:29:31 What do you mean sending her home
01:29:33 Do you realize she'll probably end up
01:29:35 - George!
01:29:37 we pay taxes for - to have teachers...
01:29:40 Stupid, silly, careless people who send
01:29:43 You know, maybe my kids aren't
01:29:45 and maybe they don't have
01:29:47 Aw, that stupid...
01:29:49 He-Hello, Mrs. Welch.
01:29:53 Hel-lo...hello...
01:29:57 - She's hung up.
01:29:59 Now, who do you think you are?
01:30:01 What is that?
01:30:02 Hello?
01:30:04 Oh, Mr. Welch?
01:30:06 Okay, that's fine, Mr. Welch.
01:30:08 Gives me a chance to tell you
01:30:10 - George...
01:30:13 Hello?
01:30:14 Hello? What?
01:30:19 Okay, Mr. Welch.
01:30:22 Hello...any...
01:30:25 Oh...
01:30:27 Daddy, how do you spell
01:30:28 How should I know?
01:30:30 Tommy, stop that!
01:30:32 Janie, haven't you leaned that silly tune yet?
01:30:35 Now stop it! Stop it!
01:31:05 I'm sorry, Mary.
01:31:10 Janie, I'm sorry.
01:31:12 I didn't mean...
01:31:15 You go on and practice.
01:31:22 Pete, I owe you an apology, too.
01:31:26 I'm sorry.
01:31:28 What do you want to know?
01:31:30 Nothing, Daddy.
01:31:38 What's the matter with everybody?
01:31:40 Janie, go on.
01:31:42 - Now, go on, play.
01:31:49 George, why must you torture the children?
01:31:51 Why don't you...
01:31:54 Mary...
01:32:09 Bedford two-four-seven, please.
01:32:11 - Is Daddy in trouble?
01:32:13 - Shall I pray for him?
01:32:16 - Me, too?
01:32:19 Hello, Uncle Billy?
01:32:22 I'm in trouble, Mr. Potter.
01:32:24 I need help.
01:32:26 Through some sort of an accident
01:32:29 The bank examiner's got there today.
01:32:31 I've got to raise eight thousand dollars
01:32:34 Oh, so that's what the reporters wanted
01:32:36 - The reporters?
01:32:37 they called me up
01:32:41 Oh, there's a man over there
01:32:45 He's looking for you.
01:32:46 Please help me, Mr. Potter.
01:32:48 Help me, won't you, please?
01:32:50 Can't you see what it means to my family?
01:32:52 I'll pay any sort of a bonus
01:32:55 if you still want the Building and Loan.
01:32:56 George, could it possibly be
01:33:00 No, sir. There's nothing wrong with the books.
01:33:01 I've just misplaced eight thousand dollars.
01:33:03 I can't find it anywhere.
01:33:05 You misplaced eight thousand dollars?
01:33:08 Yes, sir.
01:33:12 Have you notified the police?
01:33:13 No, sir.
01:33:15 Harry's homecoming tomorrow...
01:33:17 They're gonna believe that one.
01:33:19 What've you been doing, George?
01:33:22 Playing the market with the company's money?
01:33:23 No, sir, no, sir. I haven't.
01:33:25 What is it, a woman then?
01:33:27 You know, it's all over town that
01:33:31 - What!
01:33:33 but why did you come to me?
01:33:34 Why don't you go to Sam Wainwright
01:33:37 I can't get ahold of him.
01:33:39 Well, what about all your other friends?
01:33:40 They don't have that kind of money,
01:33:42 You know that. You're the only one
01:33:45 I see.
01:33:47 I've suddenly become quite important.
01:33:50 Wha-What kind of security would I have,
01:33:53 - Have you got any stocks?
01:33:56 Bonds? Real estate?
01:34:00 I have some life insurance,
01:34:04 Yes...how much is your equity in it?
01:34:06 - Five hundred dollars.
01:34:10 And you ask me to lend you eight thousand.
01:34:14 Look at you.
01:34:15 You used to be so cocky!
01:34:18 You were going to go out
01:34:21 You once called me a warped,
01:34:27 What are you
01:34:31 A miserable little clerk crawling in here
01:34:36 No securities, no stocks, no bonds,
01:34:38 nothing but a miserable little five hundred
01:34:45 You're worth more dead than alive.
01:34:48 Why don't you go to the riff-raff
01:34:51 ask them to let you have eight thousand?
01:34:54 You know why?
01:34:55 Because they'd run you out of town
01:34:58 But I tell you what I'm going to do
01:35:01 Since the state examiner is still here,
01:35:05 as a stock holder of the Building and Loan,
01:35:07 I'm going to swear out a warrant
01:35:11 Misappropriation of funds,
01:35:16 All right, George,
01:35:19 You can't hide in a little town like this.
01:35:22 Bill?
01:35:37 Joe!
01:35:40 - Glad you come.
01:35:42 - How about some of that good spaghetti?
01:35:56 God...
01:36:01 Oh, God...
01:36:07 Dear Father in Heaven,
01:36:12 I'm not a praying man, but
01:36:16 and you can hear me,
01:36:22 I'm at the end of my rope.
01:36:26 Show me the way, God.
01:36:33 Are you all right, George?
01:36:35 Want someone to take you home?
01:36:39 Why you drink so much, my friend?
01:36:42 Please go home, Mr. Bailey.
01:36:45 Bailey?
01:36:49 This is Mr. George Bailey.
01:36:55 And the next time you talk to my wife
01:36:58 She cried for an hour.
01:36:59 It isn't enough she slaves
01:37:02 how to read and write, and you
01:37:04 You get out of here, Mr. Welch!
01:37:05 Now wait.
01:37:06 Never mind the money.
01:37:08 - All right.
01:37:17 You all right, George?
01:37:19 Who was that?
01:37:20 He gone.
01:37:22 His name is Welch.
01:37:25 Oh, Welch.
01:37:28 The last time he come in here.
01:37:30 Yes, you bet.
01:37:31 Where's my insurance policy?
01:37:35 - Oh, no, please, no go out this way, Mr. Bailey.
01:37:37 No, no, you no feel so good.
01:37:39 - I'm all right.
01:38:00 What do you think you're doing?
01:38:05 Now look what you did.
01:38:06 My great-grandfather planted this tree.
01:38:09 Hey, you! Hey, you!
01:38:12 Come back here, you drunken fool!
01:38:14 Get this car out of here!
01:38:24 Hey, what's the matter with you?
01:39:14 Help!
01:39:17 Help! Help! Help!
01:39:23 Help! Help!
01:39:27 Help!
01:39:32 Help! Help! Help! Help!
01:39:39 Help!
01:39:41 Help! Help! Help!
01:40:01 I didn't have time to get
01:40:04 My wife gave me this on my last birthday.
01:40:07 I passed away in it.
01:40:13 Oh, Tom Sawyer's drying out, too.
01:40:19 You should read the new book
01:40:23 How did you happen to fall in?
01:40:25 I didn't fall in.
01:40:28 You what?
01:40:31 Well, I did, didn't I?
01:40:34 - Go through with what?
01:40:37 Well, it's against the law
01:40:40 Yeah, it's against the law
01:40:43 - Where do you come from?
01:40:50 I had to act quickly.
01:40:53 I knew if I were drowning
01:40:56 And you see, you did,
01:40:59 Very funny.
01:41:01 Your lip's bleeding, George.
01:41:03 Yeah, I got a bust in the jaw in answer
01:41:07 Oh, no, no, no, George,
01:41:11 That's why I was sent down here.
01:41:14 How do you know my name?
01:41:16 Oh, I know all about you.
01:41:19 - What are you, a mind reader or something?
01:41:22 - Well, who are you then?
01:41:27 Odbody...A-S-2.
01:41:31 Angel Second Class.
01:41:44 Cheerio, my good man.
01:41:50 Oh, brother...
01:41:56 I wonder what Martini put in those drinks?
01:42:00 Hey, what's... with you...
01:42:03 wh-wh-what-did you say just a minute ago?
01:42:05 Why'd you want to save me?
01:42:07 That's what I was sent down for.
01:42:11 I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
01:42:13 Ridiculous of you to think of killing
01:42:16 - Eight thousand dollars.
01:42:19 Now how do you know that?
01:42:21 I told you.
01:42:23 I know everything about you.
01:42:26 Well, you look about like the kind of
01:42:29 Sort of a fallen angel, aren't you?
01:42:31 What happened to your wings?
01:42:32 I haven't won my wings yet.
01:42:40 I don't know whether I like it very much being
01:42:44 Oh, I-I've got to earn them
01:42:48 - Sure, sure. How?
01:42:54 Only one way you can help me.
01:42:55 Y-You don't happen to have
01:42:57 Oh, no, no.
01:43:00 Oh, that's right, I keep forgetting.
01:43:03 Comes in pretty handy down here, bub.
01:43:05 Oh, tut, tut, tut.
01:43:08 I found it out a little late.
01:43:11 I'm worth more dead than alive.
01:43:13 Now look, you mustn't talk like that.
01:43:17 You just don't know all that you've done.
01:43:19 If it hadn't been for you...
01:43:21 Yeah, if it hadn't been for me,
01:43:24 My wife, and my kids, and my friends.
01:43:26 And my... Look, little fellow, why, you go off
01:43:29 No, no, you don't understand.
01:43:32 Aw, shut up, will you?
01:43:38 Hmmm, this isn't gonna be so easy.
01:43:45 Yeah! So you still think killing yourself
01:43:51 Oh, I don't know.
01:43:56 I suppose it would have been better
01:43:59 - What'd you say?
01:44:02 Oh, you mustn't say things like that.
01:44:05 You...
01:44:06 Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
01:44:08 That's an idea.
01:44:11 What do you think? Yeah, that'll do it.
01:44:15 All right.
01:44:19 You've got your wish.
01:44:21 You've never been born.
01:44:28 You don't have to make
01:44:32 What did you say?
01:44:34 You've never been born.
01:44:36 You haven't a care in the world.
01:44:38 No worries, no obligations,
01:44:41 no Potter looking for you with the sheriff.
01:44:43 - Say something else in that ear.
01:44:46 Well, that's the doggonedest thing.
01:44:49 I haven't heard anything out of that ear
01:44:51 Must have been that jump in
01:44:53 Your lip's stopped bleeding, too, George.
01:45:01 What do you know about that?
01:45:04 What's happened?
01:45:06 It's stopped snowing out, hasn't it?
01:45:08 Well, I, uh...
01:45:11 What I need is a couple of
01:45:13 How about you, angel,
01:45:17 Come on, soon as
01:45:19 Those are dry.
01:45:21 What do you know about that?
01:45:23 Stove's hotter than I thought.
01:45:24 Now, come on, get your clothes on,
01:45:27 Oh, I'm sorry.
01:45:31 I can't fly.
01:45:32 You haven't got your wings.
01:45:41 What's the matter?
01:45:42 Well, this is where I left my car and it isn't here.
01:45:45 You have no car.
01:45:46 Well, I had a car and it was right here.
01:45:50 - Good evening.
01:45:53 wh-where's my car.
01:45:54 - I beg your pardon?
01:45:56 I'm the fellow that owns the car
01:45:59 What tree?
01:46:01 This tree. Here.
01:46:03 Cut a big gash in the side of it there.
01:46:11 You must mean two other trees.
01:46:13 You had me worried.
01:46:14 One of the oldest trees in Pottersville.
01:46:16 Pottersville.
01:46:19 I mean Pottersville.
01:46:21 Don't you think I know where I live?
01:46:23 What's the matter with you?
01:46:31 Oh, I don't know.
01:46:35 ...or you are.
01:46:37 It isn't me!
01:46:38 Well, maybe I left the car up at Martini's.
01:46:42 - Clarence!
01:46:50 That's all right.
01:46:51 Martini is a friend of mine.
01:46:54 There's a place to sit down, sit down.
01:47:03 Oh, hello, Nick.
01:47:06 - You want a Martini?
01:47:07 - Your boss. Where is he?
01:47:10 You want a drink or don't you?
01:47:11 Okay, all right. Double bourbon, will you?
01:47:13 Okay.
01:47:18 What's yours?
01:47:19 I was just thinking.
01:47:21 Uh...It's been so long
01:47:25 Look, Mister, I'm standing here waiting
01:47:28 That's a good man.
01:47:30 I was just thinking, uh,
01:47:37 No, it's not cold enough for that.
01:47:39 Wait a minute.
01:47:40 I got it.
01:47:42 Mulled wine, heavy on the cinnamon
01:47:46 Off with you, me lad, and be lively!
01:47:48 Hey, look, Mister, we serve hard drinks
01:47:53 And we don't need any characters around
01:47:58 Or do I have to slip you
01:48:00 What's he talking about?
01:48:02 Nick, Nick, just give him the same as mine.
01:48:07 Okay.
01:48:10 What's the matter with him?
01:48:11 I never saw Nick act like that before.
01:48:13 You'll see a lot of strange things from now on.
01:48:17 Oh, yeah.
01:48:19 Hey, li-li-little fellow, you worry me.
01:48:25 - You know, y-y-you got someplace to sleep?
01:48:28 You don't, huh?
01:48:30 - Well, y-y-you got any money?
01:48:33 No wonder you jumped in the river.
01:48:35 I jumped in the river to save you
01:48:39 - Oh, that's right.
01:48:43 - Somebody's just made it.
01:48:45 Every time you hear a bell ring, it means
01:48:55 Look, I think maybe you better not
01:49:02 Why?
01:49:05 A... Yeah,
01:49:08 Oh, oh! Why should they be surprised
01:49:14 Aw, he never grew up. He's...
01:49:17 How old are you, anyway, Clarence?
01:49:19 Two hundred and ninety-three,
01:49:25 That does it!
01:49:27 Out you two pixies go,
01:49:30 Look, Nick, what's wrong?
01:49:31 And that's another thing.
01:49:34 Well, Nick, that's your name.
01:49:36 What's that got to do with it?
01:49:40 Hey! Hey, you, rummy there!
01:49:47 Didn't I tell you never to come
01:49:57 Mr. Gower!
01:50:00 Mr. Gower!
01:50:03 What...what is he...
01:50:05 Mr. Gower!
01:50:09 - Don't you know me?
01:50:14 Throw 'em out.
01:50:15 Mr. Gower...
01:50:19 Hey, Nick, Nick...
01:50:21 You know, that's another reason
01:50:23 That rum head spent twenty years
01:50:26 If you know him, you must be
01:50:29 Uh, would you show these
01:50:32 Sure.
01:50:39 Stay out! Stay out!
01:50:41 Hey!
01:50:43 I'm giving out wings!
01:50:47 You see, George, you were not there
01:50:49 to stop Gower from putting
01:50:51 What do you mean I wasn't there?
01:50:52 I remember distinctly.
01:50:57 hey, what's going on around here?
01:51:00 Why, this ought to be Martini's place.
01:51:11 Look, who are you?
01:51:13 I told you, George.
01:51:15 Yeah, yeah, I know.
01:51:23 What else are you?
01:51:26 - You are hypnotist?
01:51:28 Well, then why am I seeing
01:51:30 Don't you understand, George?
01:51:33 It's because you were not born.
01:51:35 Then if I wasn't born, who am I?
01:51:37 You're nobody.
01:51:39 Oh, what do you mean, no identity?
01:51:42 There is no George Bailey.
01:51:45 You have no papers, no cards, no driver's
01:51:54 They're not there, either.
01:51:57 - What?
01:52:05 You've been given a great gift, George...
01:52:08 a chance to see what the world
01:52:14 Now wait a minute here.
01:52:18 Aw, this is some sort of a funny dream
01:52:22 So long, Mister, I-I'm going home.
01:52:24 - Home? What home?
01:52:27 You're...You're...You're crazy.
01:52:30 You're...You're screwy
01:52:33 I'm seeing things here.
01:52:34 I'm going home and see my wife and family.
01:52:36 You understand that?
01:52:42 How am I doing, Joseph?
01:52:46 No, I didn't have a drink!
01:53:38 Hey, hey.
01:53:40 - Where did the Building and Loan move to?
01:53:43 The Bailey Building and Loan.
01:53:44 They went out of business years ago.
01:53:47 That guy is a liar!
01:53:48 I know everything's shot in this town.
01:53:50 - I know...
01:53:56 Hey, listen, that's Violet Bick!
01:53:58 - I know. I know.
01:54:01 Take a walk.
01:54:05 Hey, Ernie, Ernie...
01:54:08 Ernie, take me home.
01:54:10 - Where do you live?
01:54:12 Ernie, don't you start pulling that stuff.
01:54:13 You know where I live.
01:54:15 - Now hurry up.
01:54:18 - Yeah, yeah, hurry up. Zuzu's sick.
01:54:22 Look here, Ernie, straighten me out here.
01:54:24 Look, I-I've got some bad liquor
01:54:26 I want you to listen to me.
01:54:28 and you live in Bailey Park with your
01:54:31 You seen my wife?
01:54:33 Seen your wife!
01:54:36 Look, bud, what's the idea?
01:54:37 I live in a shack in Potter's Field and my wife
01:54:41 And I ain't never seen you
01:54:44 Okay. Just step on it.
01:55:04 - Is this the place?
01:55:06 Well, this house ain't been lived
01:55:15 What's up, Ernie?
01:55:16 I don't know, but we'd better keep
01:55:19 He's bats.
01:55:38 Mary!
01:55:43 Tommy! Pete! Janie! Zuzu!
01:55:47 They're not here, George.
01:55:49 Where are they?
01:55:51 All right, put up your hands.
01:55:53 Come on out here,
01:55:55 Bert!
01:55:56 - Stand back!
01:55:59 Wh-Where's Mary?
01:56:00 Watch him, Bert.
01:56:01 - Come on, come on.
01:56:03 What's the matter with you two guys?
01:56:04 You-You-You were here on my wedding night.
01:56:06 You, both of you, stood out there on the porch
01:56:09 - Think I'd better be going.
01:56:10 now why don't you be a good kid
01:56:13 - Everything's gonna be all right. Now...
01:56:14 Ernie, will you take me over to my mother's house?
01:56:17 Bert! Listen!
01:56:18 He says he's an angel.
01:56:20 I hate to do this, fella, but...
01:56:24 Run, George!
01:56:26 Help!
01:56:30 - Oh, shut up!
01:56:40 Where'd he go? Where'd he go?
01:56:46 I need a drink.
01:56:48 Well, which way'd they go?
01:57:01 Well?
01:57:05 Mother.
01:57:08 Mother?
01:57:11 Mother, this is, this is George.
01:57:16 George who?
01:57:18 If you're looking for a room,
01:57:19 Oh, Mother, listen.
01:57:21 Something terrible's happened to me.
01:57:23 I-I-I don't know what it is.
01:57:25 Please let me come in.
01:57:27 - Keep me here until I get over it.
01:57:30 I don't take in strangers unless
01:57:33 What?
01:57:37 What do you...
01:57:39 - You know him?
01:57:41 - When'd you see him last?
01:57:43 That's a lie.
01:57:44 He's been in the insane asylum
01:57:47 And if you ask me, that's where you belong.
01:58:02 Strange, isn't it?
01:58:04 Each man's life touches so many other lives
01:58:08 and when he isn't around he leaves
01:58:10 I've heard of things like this.
01:58:12 You've got me in some kind of a spell,
01:58:13 Well, I'm going to get out of it.
01:58:16 I know how, too.
01:58:18 The last man I talked to before all this
01:58:21 You know where he lives?
01:58:22 Sure I know where he lives.
01:58:29 Are you sure this is Bailey Park?
01:58:32 Oh, I'm not sure of anything anymore.
01:58:35 All I know is this should be Bailey Park.
01:58:38 But where are the houses?
01:58:40 You weren't here to build them.
01:58:47 Your brother, Harry Bailey,
01:58:49 broke through the ice
01:58:52 That's a lie.
01:58:54 He got the Congressional Medal of Honor!
01:58:55 He saved the lives of every man
01:58:57 Every man on that transport died.
01:58:59 Harry wasn't there to save them,
01:59:15 You see, George, you really had a wonderful life.
01:59:19 Don't you see what a mistake
01:59:24 - Clarence...
01:59:26 - Where's Mary?
01:59:30 I don't know how you know these things,
01:59:31 - but tell me, where is she?
01:59:32 If you know where she is,
01:59:34 I'm not supposed to tell.
01:59:36 Please, Clarence, tell me where she is.
01:59:37 - You're not going to like it, George.
01:59:40 She's an old maid.
01:59:42 Where's Mary, where is she?
01:59:44 - She is...
01:59:45 She's just about to close up the library!
01:59:51 Aw, there must be some easier way
02:00:07 Mary!
02:00:13 Mary!
02:00:17 Mary, Mary, Mary...
02:00:21 Mary, it's George.
02:00:22 Don't you know me?
02:00:24 - I don't know you, let me go!
02:00:26 Oh, don't do this to me.
02:00:28 Where's our kids?
02:00:31 Help me, Mary!
02:00:34 Let me go!
02:00:37 - Mary, don't run away!
02:00:41 Tom!
02:00:43 Charlie!
02:00:48 - Mary!
02:00:50 - Somebody call the police!
02:00:52 He needs a straight jacket.
02:00:55 Mary! Clarence!
02:00:57 Get out of here!
02:00:59 - Clarence!
02:01:03 Oh, it's you!
02:01:08 Stand back!
02:01:23 Clarence!
02:01:29 Clarence!
02:01:33 Help me, Clarence.
02:01:36 Get me back.
02:01:38 Get me back.
02:01:41 Get me back to my wife and kids.
02:01:44 Help me, Clarence, please.
02:01:46 Please! I want to live again.
02:01:50 I want to live again.
02:01:53 I want to live again.
02:01:54 Please, God, let me live again.
02:02:06 Hey, George.
02:02:09 George!
02:02:11 You all right.
02:02:13 Now get out of here, Bert
02:02:16 What the Sam Hill you,
02:02:17 You...
02:02:22 Bert, do you know me?
02:02:23 Know you?
02:02:25 I've been looking all over town,
02:02:28 I saw your car piled into that tree down there,
02:02:31 Hey, your mouth's bleeding.
02:02:33 What did you...
02:02:39 My mouth's bleeding, Bert!
02:02:42 Zuzu's petals, Zuzu's...
02:02:45 Bert!
02:02:48 Merry Christmas!
02:02:50 Well, Merry Christmas!
02:02:52 Mary!
02:02:54 Mary!
02:02:57 Yaa!
02:03:03 Yaa!
02:03:04 Hello, Bedford Falls!
02:03:09 - Merry Christmas!
02:03:12 Merry Christmas, George!
02:03:14 Merry Christmas, movie house!
02:03:17 Merry Christmas, Emporium!
02:03:21 Merry Christmas,
02:03:29 Hey!
02:03:32 Happy New Year to you...in jail.
02:03:35 Go on home.
02:03:39 Mary!
02:03:41 Mary!
02:03:44 Mary!
02:03:46 Well, hello, Mr. Bank Examiner.
02:03:49 - Mr. Bailey, there's a deficit.
02:03:51 George, I've got a little paper here.
02:03:52 I'll bet it's a warrant for my arrest.
02:03:54 I'm going to jail.
02:03:55 Merry Christmas!
02:03:57 Wh-Where's Mary?
02:03:58 Mary!
02:04:01 Mary! Mary!
02:04:06 Have you...
02:04:08 - Merry Christmas, Daddy!
02:04:11 Kids!
02:04:14 Oh!
02:04:18 Kids!
02:04:23 Oh, let me look at you.
02:04:24 Oh, I could eat you up.
02:04:26 - Where is your mother?
02:04:29 - Daddy!
02:04:31 My little gingersnap!
02:04:34 - Fine! Not a smitch of temperature.
02:04:38 Hallelujah!
02:04:40 - George! George!
02:04:42 George, darling!
02:04:46 - Oh, George, George, George.
02:04:51 Let me touch you.
02:04:54 Oh, George...
02:04:56 You have no idea what happened to me.
02:04:58 You have no idea what happened.
02:05:01 Well, well, come on, George, come on
02:05:04 - All right.
02:05:08 Come on in here now.
02:05:11 Now, you stand right over here, by the tree.
02:05:15 What's happening?
02:05:17 I hear 'em coming now, George,
02:05:20 - It's a miracle!
02:05:24 Who's gonna come, Daddy?
02:05:25 - Who, Daddy?
02:05:26 Come in, Uncle Billy.
02:05:36 Isn't it wonderful?
02:05:38 Mary did it, George!
02:05:39 She told some people
02:05:41 they scattered all over town
02:05:43 They didn't ask any questions - just said:
02:05:46 What is this, George?
02:05:50 Here you are, George,
02:05:54 The line forms on the right.
02:05:59 Merry Christmas!
02:06:05 - Oh, Mr. Martini!
02:06:08 Step right up here.
02:06:10 I busted the jukebox, too!
02:06:16 Mr. Gower!
02:06:20 I made the rounds of all my charge accounts.
02:06:30 - Violet Bick!
02:06:38 I've been saving this money for a divorce,
02:06:48 There you are, George.
02:06:51 And here's something for you to play with.
02:06:55 I wouldn't have a roof over my head
02:06:58 Just a minute.
02:06:59 Quiet, everybody.
02:07:02 - I just got this. It's from London.
02:07:05 Mr. Gower cabled you need cash. Stop.
02:07:08 My office instructed to advance you
02:07:12 Hee-haw and Merry Christmas.
02:07:25 Mr. Martini. How about some wine?
02:07:33 Hark, the Herald angels sing
02:07:37 Glory to the new-born king.
02:07:41 Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
02:07:46 God and sinners reconciled.
02:07:50 Joyful all ye nations rise,
02:07:54 Join the triumph of the skies,
02:07:59 With angelic hosts proclaim
02:08:03 Christ is born in Bethlehem,
02:08:07 Harry Bailey.
02:08:14 George, old son of a gun.
02:08:16 - Harry! Harry!
02:08:20 Mary, I got him here from the airport
02:08:23 The fool flew all the way up here in a blizzard.
02:08:25 Harry, how about your banquet in New York?
02:08:27 Oh, I left right in the middle of it
02:08:29 Good idea, Ernie, a toast...
02:08:31 to my big brother George.
02:08:33 The richest man in town!
02:08:36 Should auld acquaintance be forgot
02:08:42 And never brought to mind,
02:08:48 Should auld acquaintance
02:08:51 Be forgot, and days of Auld Lang Syne.
02:08:58 What's that?
02:09:01 That's a Christmas present from
02:09:05 Look, Daddy.
02:09:06 Teacher says every time a bell rings,
02:09:13 That's right.
02:09:18 Atta boy, Clarence.
02:09:22 For Auld Land Syne, my dear.
02:09:27 For Auld Land Syne
02:09:32 We'll take cup of kindness yet,
02:09:38 For Auld Lang Syne
02:09:44 We'll take cup of kindness yet,
02:09:49 For Auld Lang Syne