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It's a Wonderful World
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.
6.4
86 min
Release
1939-05-19
Cast
Claudette Colbert
as Edwina Corday
James Stewart
as Guy Johnson
Guy Kibbee
as Fred 'Cap' Streeter
Nat Pendleton
as Sergeant Fred Koretz
Frances Drake
as Vivian Tarbel
Edgar Kennedy
as Lieutenant Miller
Ernest Truex
as Willie Heyward
Richard Carle
as Major I. E. Willoughby
Cecilia Callejo
as Dolores Gonzales
Sidney Blackmer
as Al Mallon
Andy Clyde
as 'Gimpy' Wilson
Cliff Clark
as Captain Haggerty
Cecil Cunningham
as Madame J. L. Chambers
Leonard Kibrick
as Herman Plotka
Hans Conried
as Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager
Grady Sutton
as Lupton PeabodyLowden Adams
as Vivian's Butler (uncredited)
Murray Alper
as Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)Monya Andre
as Guest (uncredited)Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Guest (uncredited)
Harry Burns
as Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)Hal Cooke
as Gus - the Waiter (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Guest (uncredited)Rae Daggett
as Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited)Daisy
as A Dog (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
John Dilson
as Doctor (uncredited)Peter Du Rey
as Guest (uncredited)
Rex Evans
as Scout Master (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)Jack Gardner
as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)Tom Hanlon
as Radio Announcer (voice)Harold Hoff
as Spike (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
W.E. Lawrence
as Guest (uncredited)Wally Maher
as Nate - Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie
as Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
as Georgie - Actor as 'Wounded Soldier' (uncredited)
George Meeker
as Ned Brown (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Guest (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
as Waiter (uncredited)Philip Morris
as Policeman on Train (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Waiter (uncredited)Jack Raymond
as Lipinsky (uncredited)Mary Louise Smith
as Guest (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
as Chauffeur (uncredited)Monte Vandergrift
as Police Officer Drivng Patrol Car (uncredited)
Ray Walker
as Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)Director
REVIEWS
Geronimo1967
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.
