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Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)

Parents guide

It Happened One Night

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    None
  • Profanity:
    None
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    None

Sex & Nudity

None
24 of 43 found this to have none
A man hits a woman on the buttocks while carrying her
While in the motel room, you can see Ellie changing her clothes (you can see her underwear-top that goes under her blouse). Peter unbuttons some of Ellie's buttons to make her look slovenly as a disguise, then buttons her blouse back up after the danger is over.
Peter goes shirtless twice. Implied sex scene at the very end.
Ellen flashes her thigh (while hitchhiking in order to get a driver's attention.)
An unmarried woman and man share sleeping quarters, hanging a blanket as a makeshift wall.

Violence & Gore

None
17 of 30 found this to have none
Peter makes up a story that references suicide.
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".

Profanity

None
26 of 27 found this to have none
None.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
20 of 29 found this mild
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.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

None
19 of 25 found this to have none
There is a reference to suicide during the conversation between Peter Warne and Shapely at the bus breakdown scene - potentially triggering.
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.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • PG
  • Brazil
    • Livre
  • Canada
    • PGManitoba/Ontario
    • GNova Scotia/Quebec
  • Finland
    • S1950
    • K-161935
  • France
    • Tous publicsDVD rating
  • Germany
    • 0
  • Iceland
    • L
  • Italy
    • T
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • ALoriginal rating
    • AL1934, original rating
  • Norway
    • 7VOD
    • 161934
  • Poland
    • 12
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • South Korea
    • 15DVD rating
  • Spain
    • AICAA
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Taiwan
    • 0+
  • United Kingdom
    • Aoriginal rating
    • Utv rating
    • U1986, video rating
  • United States
    • PassedNational Board of Review
    • Approvedcertificate #4311
    • TV-PGTV Rating

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