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It’s a Wonderful World (1939)

By on March 20, 2017
It’s a Wonderful World (1939)
Run Time: 85 min. | b/w

Director:  W.S. Van Dyke II

Stars: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Frances Drake

Genres: Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Storyline
A critic called this a “screwball-comedy version of The 39 Steps (without handcuffs).” Stewart has a field day as a man falsely accused of murder who kidnaps poetess Colbert along the way, with the cops in hot pursuit. Very funny.
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