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8.1
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Michael Thomsen
rated 9

Klassisk romantisk komedie, der har påvirket alt hvad der siden fulgte indenfor genren.

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Cast & Crew

Frank Capra
As Bus Singer (uncredited)
Frank Capra
Director
Bess Flowers
As Agnes (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
As Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
As Detective (uncredited)
Ward Bond
As Bus Driver (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
As Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
As Bag Thief (uncredited)

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It Happened One Night is a classic screwball comedy film that follows the story of Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert), a spoiled heiress who runs away from her millionaire father's yacht to marry a worthless playboy. On her way to New York, she meets Peter Warne (Clark Gable), a recently fired journalist who sees her story as a way to get back on his feet. When their bus breaks down, they embark on a madcap hitchhiking adventure, facing various obstacles and falling in love along the way. Directed by Frank Capra, the film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress, and is considered a landmark in American cinema.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as It Happened One Night include Swing Time, Pygmalion, The Medicine Man, Trouble in Paradise, Reaching for the Moon, The Awful Truth.

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It Happened One Night was released in theaters on February 22, 1934.