It Happened One Christmas (1977)

Directors

Donald Wrye

Cast

Archie Hahn, Barney Martin, Bryan O'Byrne, Christopher Guest, Cliff Norton, Cloris Leachman, Dick O'Neill, Doris Roberts, Gino Conforti, Karen Carlson, Marlo Thomas, Med Flory, Orson Welles, Richard Dysart, Wayne Rogers

The story

The film, a gender-reversed version of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, centers on Mary Bailey Hatch, a young woman who dreams of seeing the world but is forced by circumstances to remain in her small hometown as head of the family's Building & Loan business. On a Christmas Eve, in a moment of financial crisis, a severely depressed Mary contemplates suicide, but is rescued by her guardian angel, Clara Oddbody (Cloris Leachman). Clara shows Mary the positive effect that she has had on everyone she has met throughout her life.

Genres

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