James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
George Bailey:
Now, you listen to me! I don't want any plastics, and I don't want any ground floors, and I don't want to get married - ever - to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do. And you're... and you're...
[runs out of words, sees her crying]
George Bailey: Oh, Mary, Mary...
Mary: George... George... George...
George Bailey: [kisses her intensely] Mary... Would you?... Would you?...
[runs out of words, sees her crying]
George Bailey: Oh, Mary, Mary...
Mary: George... George... George...
George Bailey: [kisses her intensely] Mary... Would you?... Would you?...
James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
George Bailey:
Well, just come back here, Mister. I'll give her a kiss that'll put hair back on your head!
James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
George Bailey:
Well, maybe I left the car up at Martini's. Well, come on, Gabriel.
Clarence: Clarence!
George Bailey: Clarence. Right... Clarence.
Clarence: Clarence!
George Bailey: Clarence. Right... Clarence.
James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
George Bailey:
Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get. Sort of a fallen angel, aren't you? What happened to your wings?
James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
George Bailey:
What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.
Mary: I'll take it. Then what?
George Bailey: Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve, see... and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair... am I talking too much?
Mary: I'll take it. Then what?
George Bailey: Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve, see... and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair... am I talking too much?
James Stewart
(as George Bailey)
Beulah Bondi
(as Ma Bailey)
Ma Bailey:
[speaking of Mary Hatch] Why, she lights up like a firefly whenever you are around. Besides, Sam Wainright is off in New York, and you're here in Bedford Falls...
George Bailey: And all's fair in love and war, right?
Ma Bailey: [fixing his collar] Well, I don't know about war...
George Bailey: And all's fair in love and war, right?
Ma Bailey: [fixing his collar] Well, I don't know about war...
Thomas Mitchell
(as Uncle Billy Bailey)
Uncle Billy:
After all, Potter, some people like George HAD to stay at home. Not every heel was in Germany and Japan.
Henry Travers
(as Clarence)
