It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie · NR · 86 min · ★ 6.5 · 73% critics
A private investigator tries to clear a man framed for murder, but both end up convicted before a sudden clue sends the case in a new direction. On the run from police, he teams up with an unlikely companion to chase the real culprit through a mix of danger and comedy.
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Details
- Years
- 1939
- Release date
- 1939-05-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (48 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like fast-moving vintage crime comedies with bickering partners and goofy escapes, especially in the vein of Shadow of the Thin Man; Not for you if dated attitudes or a messy mystery put you off.
Pros: brisk pace; playful banter; fun mystery setup | Cons: uneven tone; confusing plot turns; dated gender attitudes
Themes
- escape
- police
- kidnapping
- detective
- romcom
- murder
- madcap comedy
- screwball comedy
- framed for a crime
- escaped prisoner
- framed for murder
- imminent execution
- +2 more
Cast & crew
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
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke