It Happened One Night

About It Happened One Night

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.

Frank Capra's It Happened One Night is a 1934 comedy romance film. It runs 105 minutes and was released in February 1934.

Its themes are based on short story, lighthearted, witty, and pre-code.

Clark Gable takes the lead as Peter Warne, Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews, Walter Connolly as Alexander Andrews, and Roscoe Karns as Oscar Shapeley. The screenplay is by Robert Riskin.

The Philadelphia Story, Sullivan's Travels, and The Front Page make useful companions to It Happened One Night, all filed under black and white, reporter, and romantic. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 1,460 votes and it carries a NR rating.