“An unforgettable entertainment...the outstanding performance of two outstanding careers!”
It Happened One Night (1934)
February 22, 19341h 45mEN
7.8
1.4K votes
Overview
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
Director
Frank CapraWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$325K
Revenue
$4.5M
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
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Andres Gomez
8.0A classical comedy which would be setting some standards with great performance from Clark Gable.
JTomKinser
10.0Made nearly 90 years ago and still fun to watch. Sarcastic, witty, and entertaining. "Mind if I tried? ... You? Don't make me laugh."
CinemaSerf
7.0Claudette Colbert is great as the independently-minded heiress "Ellie" who jumps from her father's yacht and finds herself, nigh-on penniless, on a bus to New York. Also angling for that last seat on the bus is the roguish "Warne" (Clark Gable) - a journalist with a nose for a good story. Determined to track her down, her father uses his media empire and soon her photo is all over the press. This doesn't go unnoticed by the shrewd "Warne", who soon reckons her story is worth a load of cash to his editor. What neither reckon on though, is that their initial hostility/indifference to each other…
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