It Happened One Night
An unforgettable entertainment...the outstanding performance of two outstanding careers!
An unforgettable entertainment...the outstanding performance of two o...
Comedy, Romance
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1934
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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.
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Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
22 Feb 1934
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$325,000
Revenue:
$4,500,000
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. 14 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
One of those stories that without a particularly strong plot manages to come through in a big way, due to the acting, dialog, situations and direction.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
19 Feb 2008
fresh:
This is Capra at his best, very funny and very light, with a minimum of populist posturing.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
12 Dec 2006
fresh:
Capra's sense of humour is a little like that of Preston Sturges, though less caustic; and the film shows its stars at their best, Colbert as one of Hollywood's fresher comediennes, Gable as dumb-but-loveable hunk.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
It Happened One Night is a good piece of fiction, which, with all its feverish stunts, is blessed with bright dialogue and a good quota of relatively restrained scenes.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Its opposites-attract melding of screwball comedy and the road trip elements has become one of about a half-dozen standard love story formulas. Most years, there's at least one theatrical release that owes a debt to this film.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
22 Feb 1934