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It's A Wonderful World

1939, Movie, NR, 86 mins

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This one is played for slapstick, but Colbert and Stewart make it a bright and often hilarious screwball comedy under Van Dyke's smooth direction. Truex is an irresponsible millionaire, and Stewart is a neophyte private eye hired to keep an eye on him. Tycoon Truex gets involved in a murder, and the bumbling Stewart is also framed for the same crime. He is sent to prison with Truex but escapes the train taking them there and resolves to dig up the evidence that will exonerat... read more leave a comment
James Stewart is a detective who kidnaps Claudette Colbert while trying to clear his name in the screwball comedy It's a Wonderful World (1939).
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Posted: 8/1/2008
Screwball comedy caper starring Oscar-winners James Stewart ("It's A Wonderful Life," "The Shop Around the Corner") and Claudette Colbert ("It Happened One Night") about an on-the-lam private detective who enlists the help of a poetess in order to prove his death-row client innocent.
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Length: 01:26:09
Posted: 6/3/2009
If the idea of James Stewart masquerading as a gangly Boy Scout leader in oversized pants and Coke-bottle glasses makes you laugh, It???s a Wonderful World awaits! This wisecracking classic scripted by screwball master Ben Hecht (Twentieth Century, Nothing Sacred, His Girl Friday) stars Stewart and the marvelous Claudette Colbert in their only screen pairing. He???s a private eye on the run from a conspiracy rap in a phony murder case. She???s a dizzy poet he takes hostage???and takes on the adventure of her life to track down the real killer. Naturally, despite constant peril and the PI???s penchant for goofball disguises, romance blooms. Join two iconic stars in a comic world that???s wacky, witty and completely wonderful.
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Length: 01:26:00
Posted: 3/17/2009
If the idea of James Stewart masquerading as a gangly Boy Scout leader in oversized pants and Coke-bottle glasses makes you laugh, It???s a Wonderful World awaits! This wisecracking classic scripted by screwball master Ben Hecht (Twentieth Century, Nothing Sacred, His Girl Friday) stars Stewart and the marvelous Claudette Colbert in their only screen pairing. He???s a private eye on the run from a conspiracy rap in a phony murder case. She???s a dizzy poet he takes hostage???and takes on the adventure of her life to track down the real killer. Naturally, despite constant peril and the PI???s penchant for goofball disguises, romance blooms. Join two iconic stars in a comic world that???s wacky, witty and completely wonderful.
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Length: 01:26:00
Posted: 3/17/2009
Year: 1939
Rated NR

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Cast
Claudette Colbert: Edwina Corday
James Stewart: Guy Johnson
Guy Kibbee: Capt. Streeter
Nat Pendleton: Sgt. Koretz
Frances Drake: Vivian Tarbel
Edgar Kennedy: Lt. Meller

 

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