- Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason
- Directors: Henry Koster
- Language English, French
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Cinema Club
- VHS Release Date: 30 Dec 1996
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004RU11
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,610 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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87 of 88 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
When you've been running round the shops and your head is in a whirl with all the hustle and bustle leading up to Xmas, STOP... sit down and watch this film with a warm glass of mulled wine in front of the Xmas tree. At the end you will feel warm all over.
I have watched this film for years. I just love it. I adore Cary Grant anyway but him and David Niven are beautifully paired together. The wonder The Angel brings to everyone is magical. The scenes in the professor's house, the skating in the park, they just don't make films like this these days.
I would recommend everyone to watch this film leading up to Xmas, lose yourself in it and get back that Xmas feeling. WATCH IT!!
57 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
They don't make them like this any more. It's just an excellent film. Well made, brilliantly acted. David Niven and Cary Grant as the bishop and angel are magnificent. Loretta Young plays the bishop's wife who is feeling neglected because hubby is always so busy. Grant, the angel is sent to help out and Young begins to fall for him, and no wonder. Grant is at his most sauve in this.
Has a great Christmasy feel, Monty Wooley plays the Professor and is just great. Makes you long for the days when Christmas really meant something.
This is for those of you who have a sentimental streak and for those who don't, you will once you watch this.
I can't recommend it highly enough.
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The most inspiring Christmas film ever, The Bishops Wife resists the overbearing sentimentality of other Christmas films and has not quite the harshness that I have found with parts of It's a Wonderful Life, its competitor for the title. Cary Grant and David Niven are perfectly cast as the Agel and the Bishop after early filming had the parts transposed. Niven who had sadly recently lost his real life wife, Primmie has all the angst of a man overburdened by work and lifes pressures. To see his prayers answered (and several of the other characters) by Grants angel is heartwarming and eye opening and gives us all a little hope. The film is perfect at Christmas but has a place at anytime of year especially for those looking for something to lift them from the ordinary in thier everyday lives. This has got to be one of the "must see" films of all time
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Published 2 months ago by J. F. Scott
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Funny but a bit dated Christmas classic
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Published 15 months ago by lymilymi
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Published 16 months ago by patsypudd
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Published 17 months ago by Jules3t
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Published 20 months ago by L. E. Cantrell
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