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7.3/10   548 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Lord Dunsany (play) &
Hugh Wedlock Jr. (story) ...
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Release Date:
28 May 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
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:
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Cast

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Dick Powell ... Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
Linda Darnell ... Sylvia Smith / Sylvia Stevens
Jack Oakie ... Uncle Oscar Smith / 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
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Early Edition" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms more

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Thanks to IMDb members, I discovered this gem, 5 September 2009
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Author: brunchie from United States

I went on the message board for one of my favorite TV shows, "Early Edition" and discovered that this movie may have been the inspiration for that it. I went in trying to find the parallels between the two and instead wound up just going along for the ride. This movie worked on all levels. I wasn't expecting it to be the comedy that it was. The male lead was hysterical, sometimes just getting laughs from his facial expressions and the female lead was luminous. I always enjoy it when there's a movie that has multi-generational appeal. I watched it with my mom, who was 9 when the movie came out, and my daughter who was born the year "Early Edition" aired and all of us got a kick out of the movie. My daughter even said that she enjoyed the movie better than the show! I was worried that my daughter would be bored because b/w movies are much more talky than today's movies and lack the special effects now available but she cracked up out loud on several parts. For my mom, it was trip down memory lane seeing familiar actors from her past.

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