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It's a Wonderful World
THE HAPPENINGS OF ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT!
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.
- Original title
- It's a Wonderful World
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB
This is a cracking, quickly paced little comedy thriller with Claudette Colbert really on form as the rather dreamy poet who finds herself caught up in James Stewart's murder shenanigans. He is a PI whose wealthy pal is held for murder. When Stewart ("Johnson") is offered $100k to get to the bottom of it all, he tries to investigate, gets arrested, escapes from the cops into a river and alights on poor old "Edwina Corday" (Colbert) whose car he hijacks. After a bumpy start to their relationship, the pair of them are soon on the case to solve the mystery. It moves along well, the two stars - along with Guy Kibbee as "Cap Streeter" - gel well with some pithy lines from Colbert and daft scenarios well executed by them both as they close in on their prey. In the end, it doesn't really matter who killed whom - it's just an enjoyable vehicle for the two stars who are having some fun - and it is contagious.
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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
Hans Conried
Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager
Grady Sutton
Lupton Peabody
Murray Alper
Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Harry Burns
Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
George Chandler
Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Guest (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
John Dilson
Doctor (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Scout Master (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
W.E. Lawrence
Guest (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie
Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Georgie - Actor as 'Wounded Soldier' (uncredited)
George Meeker
Ned Brown (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Guest (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Waiter (uncredited)
William Tannen
Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Original Story
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Ben Hecht
Story
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