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Overview

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Director:
René Clair
Writers:
Lord Dunsany (play) &
Hugh Wedlock Jr. (story) ...
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Release Date:
28 May 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Plot:
An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
User Comments:
upending time gets a bit surreal even for a costume drama! more

Cast

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Dick Powell ... Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
Linda Darnell ... Sylvia Smith / Sylvia Stevens
Jack Oakie ... Uncle Oscar Smith aka Cigolini
Edgar Kennedy ... Inspector Mulrooney
John Philliber ... Pop Benson
Edward Brophy ... Jake Shomberg
George Cleveland ... Mr. Gordon
Sig Ruman ... Mr. Beckstein
Paul Guilfoyle ... Shep
George Chandler ... Bob
Eddie Acuff ... Jim
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
René Clair's It Happened Tomorrow (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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Movie Connections:
Remade as La hora 24 (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Light Cavalry Overture more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
upending time gets a bit surreal even for a costume drama!, 5 June 2002
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Author: pyamada from USA

Rene Clair, the master of French Surrealist film, who collaborated with Francis Picabia, left France in the mid 1930's, and after a brief stop-over in he UK, came to Hollywood, where he made four films. This one is absolutely the best! Dick Powell is superb as the up-and-coming reporter who is given the chance to see tomorrow's headlines today (sounds like a bad TV show made in Chicago!)and Clair plays this (mis-)fortune out in excellent ways, combining whimsey, with pathos and humor, and bits of his old trademark, surrealism. Linda Darnell is also wonderful, and all fans of surrealism and sci-fi (after all, this is almost a form of time travel!) will enjoy this movie. Jack Oakie is also excellent, playing to his usual, funny and annoying character.

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