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IT HAPPENED TOMORROW

(It Happened Tomorrow)
A film directed by René Clair
1944 - 85 minutes - Black & White - Mono - 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

Larry Stevens (Dick Powell) is an ambitious newspaper reporter in the late  nineteenth  century  gaslight  era  of  big  city America. Eager to scoop his competitors, Stevens wishes that he could know the  news before  it  happens.  When  a mysterious old man grants Stevens that power he advises the ambitious reporter against  using  it.  But  when Stevens  is able to predict what happens twenty-four hours in advance by reading the  next    day's    paper    in    advance,    he    becomes unstoppable:  scooping  all the other papers, beating the police to big crimes and picking sure-fire winners at  the  race  track.  Unstoppable that is, until he learns of his own death tomorrow...

Main Cast

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

Production

Arnold Pressburger Films

Distributors

United Artists (USA)
Favorite Films (USA)

Also Known As

René Clair's It Happened Tomorrow (us)

Release Dates

🇺🇸 April 07, 1944
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