It's a Wonderful Life
Directed byFrank Capra
Produced byFrank Capra
Screenplay by
  • Frances Goodrich
  • Albert Hackett
  • Frank Capra
Based on"The Greatest Gift"
by Philip Van Doren Stern
Starring
  • James Stewart
  • Donna Reed
  • Lionel Barrymore
  • Thomas Mitchell
  • Henry Travers
  • Beulah Bondi
  • Ward Bond
  • Frank Faylen
  • Gloria Grahame
Music byDimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
  • Joseph Walker
  • Joseph Biroc
Edited byWilliam Hornbeck
Production
company
Liberty Films
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • December 20, 1946 (1946-12-20)
Running time
130:24
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.18 million
Box office$3.3 million