Parents Guide for
It Happened One Night (1934) More at IMDbPro »

Peter goes shirtless twice. Twice Ellen changes into pajamas and in one of those scenes it's implied she's topless.

Ellen flashes her thigh while hitchhiking in order to get a driver's attention.

A fair amount of innuendo, including comments about not wearing any clothes, "becoming one," etc.

At the very end, it's implied that Peter and Ellen have sex, but nothing is shown.

Any violence portrayed in the film is slapstick, and played for laughs.

A woman is slapped across the face by her father when she is talking back to him.

Peter gets annoyed by Ellie bragging about her father and spanks her once while carrying her across a stream.

Peter chases down a driver and returns later with his car and numerous scrapes and bruises on his face. He then explains to Ellie that he got in a fight with the driver and "...gave him a black eye".

Very mild expletives, phrases like "Shut up" are as bad as it gets.

A gentleman smokes a cigar in one scene.

A lady is seen smoking in a few scenes.

A man is shown smoking a cigarette in bed.

A character is shown drinking alcohol and appears intoxicated.

A boy's mother collapses on a bus and he runs crying to Ellie telling her how they're poor and may not be able to get to New York.