Directed by Matthew Diamond   Cast Casey Kasem ... Radio Announcer Bill Pullman ... George Bailey Penelope Ann Miller ... Mary Hatch Bailey Nathan Lane ... Clarence Martin Landau ... Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter Sally Field ... Mrs. Bailey / Narrator Joe Mantegna ... Joseph / Nick Christian Slater ... Harry Bailey Jerry Van Dyke ... Uncle Billy Robert Guillaume ... Mr. Gower Carol Kane ... Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch Bronson Pinchot ... Mr. Carter Dan Lauria ... Bert Craig Sheffer ... Ernie Bishop / Ed / Bridgekeeper Armelia McQueen ... Mrs. Thompson Ryan Slater ... Young George Bailey / Pete Bailey Tina Majorino ... Janie Bailey Myles Jeffrey ... Tommy Bailey Mae Whitman ... Zuzu Bailey Produced by James Arntz   Bettina Bennewitz   Jimmy Hawkins   Mary Mazur   Mary Jo Slater

Additional Info Premiere: December 25, 1997 Country: Distributor: PBS Websites: Production Companies KCET Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (in association with) The Jimmy Hawkins Company Distributors Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)   (1997) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #12,432 / 21,140 Site Ranking #12,428 Hank Aaron: Chasing The Dream (1995) #12,429 Freakshow (1995) #12,430 Lost Gully Road (2017) #12,431 Abomination: The Evilmaker II (2003) #12,432 Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997) #12,433 Naprata (2013) #12,434 The 3rd Guest (2023) #12,435 WWE: Night Of Champions 2008 (2008) #12,436 Necromaniac: Schizophreniac 2 (2003)