i didn't have time to get some stylish underwear. my wife gave me this on my last birthday. i passed away in it.
oh, tom sawyer's drying out, too. you should read the new book mark twain's writing now.
i didn't fall in. i jumped in to save george.
well, i did, didn't i? you didn't go through with it, did you?
suicide.
yeah, it's against the law where i come from, too.
heaven. i had to act quickly; that's why i jumped in. i knew if i were drowning you'd try to save me. and you see, you did, and that's how i saved you.
your lip's bleeding, george.
oh, no – no – no. i'm the answer to your prayer. that's why i was sent down here.
oh, i know all about you. i've watched you grow up from a little boy.
oh, no.
clarence odbody, a-s-2.
angel, second class.
cheerio, my good man.
that's what i was sent down for. i'm your guardian angel.
ridiculous of you to think of killing yourself for money. eight thousand dollars.
i told you – i'm your guardian angel. i know everything about you.
i haven't won my wings yet. that's why i'm an angel second class.
oh, i've got to earn them, and you'll help me, won't you?
by letting me help you.
oh, no, no. we don't use money in heaven.
oh, tut, tut, tut.
now look, you mustn't talk like that. i won't get my wings with that attitude. you just don't know all that you've done. if it hadn't been for you.
no, you don't understand. i've got my job.
hmmm, this isn't going to be so easy. so you still think killing yourself would make everyone feel happier, eh?
what'd you say?
oh, you mustn't say things like that. you.  . wait a minute. wait a minute. that's an idea. what do you think? yeah, that'll do it. all right. you've got your wish. you've never been born.
you don't have to make all that fuss about it.
you've never been born. you don't exist. you haven't a care in the world.
no worries – no obligations – no eight thousand dollars to get – no potter looking for you with the sheriff.
sure. you can hear out of it.
your lip's stopped bleeding, too, george.
our clothes are dry.
i can't fly. i haven't got any wings.
what's the matter?
you have no car.
it isn't me!
clarence!
i was just thinking.  it's been so long since i.
that's a good man. i was just thinking of a flaming rum punch. no, it's not cold enough for that. not nearly cold enough.  wait a minute.  wait a minute.  i got it. mulled wine, heavy on the cinnamon and light on the cloves. off with you, me lad, and be lively!
what's he talking about?
you'll see a lot of strange things from now on.
no.
no.
i jumped in the river to save you so i could get my wings.
oh-oh. somebody's just made it.
every time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel's just got his wings.
why? don't they believe in angels?
then why should they be surprised when they see one?
two hundred and ninety-three.  . next may.
you see, george, you were not there to stop gower from putting that poison into the.
i told you, george. i'm your guardian angel.
no, of course not.
don't you understand, george? it's because you were not born.
you're nobody. you have no identity.
there is no george bailey. you have no papers, no cards, no driver's license, no 4-f card, no insurance policy.  george looks in his watch pocket.
they're not there, either.
zuzu's petals.
you've been given a great gift, george. a chance to see what the world would be like without you.
home? what home?
how'm i doing, joseph. thanks. no, i didn't have a drink!
they're not here, george. you have no children.
run.  george! run, george!
help! joseph, help!
help, oh joseph, help! joseph!
strange, isn't it? each man's life touches so many other lives, and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
you know where he lives?
are you sure this is bailey park?
you weren't here to build them.
your brother, harry bailey, broke through the ice and was drowned at the age of nine.
every man on that transport died. harry wasn't there to save them because you weren't there to save harry. you see, george, you really had a wonderful life. don't you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?
yes, george?
oh, well, i can't.
i'm not supposed to tell.
you're not going to like it, george.
she's an old maid. she never married.
she's.
she's just about to close up the library!
there must be some easier way for me to get my wings.