Dec 20,1946
Hollywood Movies | Drama | Family | Fantasy
| nudity | Some kissing. A woman jokes to her mother that a suitor is "making violent love to me." A woman loses her robe while walking home, leaving her naked. She hides behind a bush and we do not see anything, but the man she's with refuses to return the robe and jokes about selling tickets to see her naked. Some men approvingly ogle a pretty woman as she walks down the street. The Violet Bicknell character flirts frequently with George Bailey. In the Pottersville, there are signs for nightclubs and burlesque theaters. A man chases his family's housekeeper around the house, saying that he's "madly in love" with her. |
| violence | A man slaps a boy repeatedly in the ears until they bleed. However, the blood cannot be seen clearly since the film is in black and white. A police officer fires a gun at an unarmed fleeing man, but the shots miss and the man escapes. A man punches another man. A man's mouth bleeds (no blood shown). A druggist mistakenly sends poison to a customer. The mistake is caught before anyone is hurt but in the alternate version of Bedford Falls, reference is made to the people being poisoned. |
| profanity | None; just some minced oaths (curse-substitutes like Gosh). |
| alcohol | Several characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. Scenes of raucous drinking at a bar. George Bailey (James Stewart) gets drunk. An alcoholic is shown drunk |
| frightening | A child almost drowns. A man attempts to commit suicide. The subject matters can be intense/emotional. |
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