It's a Wonderful World (1939)

6.5/10 86 min Comedy Romance Crime Mystery

Overview

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.

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

Hans Conried

Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager

Grady Sutton

Lupton Peabody

Murray Alper

Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

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