It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

THE HAPPENINGS OF ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT!

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance, Crime, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1939-05-19
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 26min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: W.S. Van Dyke
star 6.4/10
From 43 Ratings

Summary

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

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  • Claudette Colbert

    as Edwina Corday

  • James Stewart

    as Guy Johnson

  • Guy Kibbee

    as Fred 'Cap' Streeter

  • Nat Pendleton

    as Sergeant Fred Koretz

  • Frances Drake

    as Vivian Tarbel

  • Edgar Kennedy

    as Lieutenant Miller

  • Ernest Truex

    as Willie Heyward

  • Richard Carle

    as Major I. E. Willoughby

  • Cecilia Callejo

    as Dolores Gonzales

  • Sidney Blackmer

    as Al Mallon

  • Andy Clyde

    as 'Gimpy' Wilson

  • Cliff Clark

    as Captain Haggerty

  • Cecil Cunningham

    as Madame J. L. Chambers

  • Leonard Kibrick

    as Herman Plotka

  • Hans Conried

    as Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager

  • Grady Sutton

    as Lupton Peabody

  • Lowden Adams

    as Vivian's Butler (uncredited)

  • Murray Alper

    as Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

  • Monya Andre

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Lulu Mae Bohrman

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Harry Burns

    as Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)

  • George Chandler

    as Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

  • Frank Coghlan Jr.

    as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • Hal Cooke

    as Gus - the Waiter (uncredited)

  • Maurice Costello

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Rae Daggett

    as Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

  • Daisy

    as A Dog (uncredited)

  • Edgar Dearing

    as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)

  • John Dilson

    as Doctor (uncredited)

  • Peter Du Rey

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Rex Evans

    as Scout Master (uncredited)

  • Frank Faylen

    as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

  • Jack Gardner

    as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)

  • Tom Hanlon

    as Radio Announcer (voice)

  • Harold Hoff

    as Spike (uncredited)

  • Mike Lally

    as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)

  • W.E. Lawrence

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Wally Maher

    as Nate - Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

  • Fay McKenzie

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

    as Georgie - Actor as 'Wounded Soldier' (uncredited)

  • George Meeker

    as Ned Brown (uncredited)

  • Harold Miller

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • Alberto Morin

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Philip Morris

    as Policeman on Train (uncredited)

  • Jack Mulhall

    as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)

  • Louis Natheaux

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Jack Raymond

    as Lipinsky (uncredited)

  • Mary Louise Smith

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • William Tannen

    as Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)

  • Phillip Terry

    as Chauffeur (uncredited)

  • Monte Vandergrift

    as Police Officer Drivng Patrol Car (uncredited)

  • Ray Walker

    as Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Editing Harold F. Kress Editor
Writing Ben Hecht Screenplay
Camera Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography
Sound Edward Ward Original Music Composer
Production Frank Davis Producer
Directing W.S. Van Dyke Director
Writing Ben Hecht Story
Sound Wally Heglin Orchestrator
Directing Hugh Boswell Assistant Director
Sound George Bassman Orchestrator
Directing Charles Dorian Second Unit Director
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Writing Herman J. Mankiewicz Original Story

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