It's a Wonderful World

Infobox Film
name = It's a Wonderful World


image_size =
caption = 1939 original movie poster
director = W. S. Van Dyke
producer = Frank Davis
writer = Ben Hecht
Herman J. Mankiewicz
starring = James Stewart
Claudette Colbert
Guy Kibbee
Frances Drake
Nat Pendleton
Edgar Kennedy
Ernest Truex
music = Edward Ward
cinematography = Oliver T. Marsh
editing = Harold F. Kress
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = 19 May 1939
runtime = 86 min.
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:118211
imdb_id = 0031500

"It's a Wonderful World" is a 1939 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Claudette Colbert and Frances Drake.

Plot

Detective Guy Johnson's (Stewart) client, Willie Heywood (played by Ernest Truex) is framed for murder and 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, Willie to be executed. On the way to jail Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police. Later he encounters poetess Edwina Corday (Colbert), he has no option but to take her along as she sees him as a hardened desperado. This is a mixed blessing for him, but the complete ineptitude of the pursuing police is all good news.

Cast

*Claudette Colbert ... Edwina Corday
*James Stewart ... Guy Johnson
*Guy Kibbee ... Fred 'Cap' Streeter
*Nat Pendleton ... Sergeant Fred Koretz
*Frances Drake ... Vivian Tarbel
*Edgar Kennedy ... Lieutenant Miller
*Ernest Truex ... Willie Heyward
*Richard Carle ... Major I. E. Willoughby
*Cecilia Callejo ... Dolores Gonzales
*Sidney Blackmer ... Al Mallon
*Andy Clyde ... 'Gimpy' Wilson
*Cliff Clark ... Captain Haggerty
*Cecil Cunningham ... Madame J. L. Chambers
*Leonard Kibrick ... Herman Plotka
*Hans Conried ... Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager

Filming locations

San Diego, California

External links

*imdb title|id=0031500
*tcmdb title|id=1460|title=It's a Wonderful World