A biographical film about the actor James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart.
“Jimmy” is a US feature film from 2026, a biographical drama directed by Aaron Burns and based on a screenplay by Justin Strawhand. It tells the life story of the Oscar-winning actor James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart and stars KJ Apa in the title role. The film explores Stewart’s Christian faith in the context of his military service and his Hollywood career. Although it was not explicitly marketed as a Christian film, it is discussed within the context of Christian cinema and addresses religious themes, including Stewart’s Presbyterian upbringing and his relationship with his father. The film focuses on the period in Jimmy Stewart’s life between winning the Oscar for Best Actor in *The Philadelphia Story*, his enlistment in the US Army Air Force at the start of the Second World War – where he flew twenty missions over Europe and rose to the rank of colonel – and his return home, as well as his role as George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
The Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
What did bomber pilot James ‘Jimmy’ Maitland Stewart have to do with 1st Lt. Everett L. Bailey, pilot of the B-17 ‘Little Chub’? Jimmy Stewart, bomber pilot and film actor, was very good friends with 1st Lt. Everett L. Bailey. Jimmy Stewart had planned to make a film together with 1st Lt. Everett L. Bailey after the war. Unfortunately, this never came to pass because 1st Lt. Everett L. Bailey, pilot of the B-17G ‘Little Chub’, serial no. 42-102446, was shot down by the Swiss Air Force over Lake Greifensee on 24 April 1944 and lost his life. After the war, Jimmy Stewart made the film “It’s a Wonderful Life”. A wonderful film, which he dedicated to his good friend 1st Lt. Everett L. Bailey.
