One little thing you wish you could change in a movie

[Just_Asking_Questions]

@burpo_the_wonder_mutt

The very last line of Miracle on 34th Street (1947) has always bothered me;

You’re not the only one! i asked:

@Just_Asking_Questions

In the original film, Fred Gaily, after successfully proving that Kris was the one, true Santa, finds the house that Susie has been dreaming of. He and Doris think it is just a coincidence, until Fred sees a cane, a cane just like the one Kris had, sitting in the house. He gets a worried looks and says, " [doubtfully] Maybe… And… maybe I didn’t do such a wonderful thing after all."

I never get that line. What does he mean?

If Kris was indeed the one, true, Santa, then he did a good thing!

And ZonexandScout said:

@ZonexandScout

I don’t think that “wonderful” was intended to mean “good.” Rather, that he was musing about whether his successful defense/argument had been that miraculous. More along the lines of a defense attorney admitting that it was easy to get his client off because his client was actually innocent.