Interesting take.
I remember Donna Reed was hot. :-)
I was not raised as a Christian but even as a child, then a teen, then a young man, I immediately caught the moment when George is praying at the end, first to Clarence. Then when he prays to God, his world is brought back to him. It starts to snow; his lip bleeds again; Zsu Zsu’s petals are in his pocket. The absence of one good man makes the world a little darker, a little meaner. Not only was Harry Bailey able to save the ship, his mere presence and the way he interacted with others also spread good because he saw and experienced the good of George, and none of the bitterness.