

It Happened One Night
An unforgettable entertainment...the outstanding performance of two outstanding careers!
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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7.8/10
1,473 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $325K
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Language
- English
- newspaper
- miami, florida
- marriage
- reporter
- black and white
- screwball comedy
- socialite
- pre-code
- based on short story
- screwball
- hitchhiking
- road movie
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRMiami, Florida18 Feb 1934
- TheatricalNR22 Feb 1934
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU22 Feb 1934
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalPGDVD8 Oct 2001
AustriaAT
- Theatrical125 Apr 1935
BrazilBR
- TheatricalLivre9 Apr 1934
FinlandFI
- TheatricalS10 Feb 1935
GermanyDE
- Theatrical010 Feb 1935
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1210 Jan 1935
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG6 Sept 1935
ItalyIT
- TheatricalNR11 Dec 1934
JapanJP
- TheatricalG29 Aug 1934
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalAL22 Feb 1934
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It Happened One Night was released on 22 February 1934.
Audience reviews
3- A8/10
Andres Gomez
8/21/2013
A classical comedy which would be setting some standards with great performance from Clark Gable.
- J10/10
JTomKinser
1/31/2022
Made nearly 90 years ago and still fun to watch. Sarcastic, witty, and entertaining. "Mind if I tried? ... You? Don't make me laugh."
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/25/2023
Claudette 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…
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