It's a Wonderful Life - Michael Newton (BFI Film Classics) Horror and ageing veteran of the

and ageing veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II

Meanwhile the sheriff has also caught the eye of a beautiful gambler (Angie Dickinson)

After a musician (David Hemmings) witnesses the murder of psychic he feels compelled to track down the killer and gets drawn into a web of mystery

director of photography Sławomir Idziak and filmmaker Agnieszka Holland

attached to the Texas frontier in 1879 to protect settlers from attacks by Apaches

It's a Wonderful Life - Michael Newton (BFI Film Classics) Horror and ageing veteran of the'It's a Wonderful Life' by Michael Newton (BFI Film Classics Series) Newton invetsigates the long lasting impact and emotional power of one of the most loved films of the Classical Hollywood form by tracing its development, production and reception. He also tells the story of how a film deemed a relative commercial failure on release has become so immensely popular.