MOVIE · 1939
It's a Wonderful World
ComedyCrimeDramaFamilyMysteryRomance86 min
Private detective Guy Johnson is trying to clear his client, Willie Heywood, after a murder frame-up when both men are arrested, convicted, and sent off to jail. James Stewart’s Guy spots a clue en route and bolts, chasing the real killer while dodging police and working under improvised disguises. Claudette Colbert enters the scramble as a poet he pulls into the investigation after a kidnapping turns into an uneasy partnership.
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