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In some sense, it is really his wife that is the main driver in this film.
- She is the one who makes a wish that keeps him in town.
- She is the one who pulls out the honeymoon money to keep the bank run at bay.
- She is the one who rallies her friends and family to save the bank while he goes off on a bender/suicide.
I mean, maybe I am making too much of it, but it seems that she is the principal agent of the entire film.