Leads Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren are replaced by Brad Johnson and Chelsea Field.]Initially, critics were baffled when they attempted o interpret the film on a literal level and measure it against other ypical disaster/horror films of its kind.Fox) in the role of George Bailey.The picture earned five Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (James Stewart in his first film in almost six years), Best Director (Capra), Best Sound Recording and Best Film Editing, but won no Oscars.When he arrived at the hospital, she had already been abducted in the hallway, and he didn""t know that he had passed her, being wheeled out on a rolling stretcher, covered by a sheet and unconscious, and placed in an AMR vehicle.[Note: This was one of the first British films shot almost entirely on location.Others include writer/director Michael Powell""sThe Edge of the World (1937)and Powell""s and Emeric Pressburger""sThe 49th Parallel (1941) (aka The Invaders).The year 1939 has been called the "greatest year in film history" by film buffs, movie historians, and critics, chiefly due to the inordinate number of classic films.