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- Sex & Nudity (6)
- Violence & Gore (5)
- Profanity (1)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (4)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (4)
- Spoilers (3)
Certification
Sex & Nudity
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- Some passionate kissings.
- 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.
Violence & Gore
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- A man shouts at his children and begins smashing up his house in front of them. The children are seen to be clearly distressed.
- A man repeatedly beats a child until his ears bleed. The scene is very disturbing, abusive and the child actor was actually beaten.
- 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).
Profanity
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- 1 use of oh gosh, stupid, fool, creep and idiot 2 uses of moron
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- 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 & Intense Scenes
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- A man jumps into a river to save another man from drowning.
- A man says horrible things to his family in a rude and mad tone, such as asking his wife why they had to have kids.
- The ending can be very bittersweet for viewers.
- A child almost drowns.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- 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.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- A man tries to kill himself after he sees that his son died. George tries to stop him, but he is hit and his ear bleeds. This scene is quite emotional and upsetting.
- A man attempts to commit suicide.
