Rent It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
3.5 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 22min
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- 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...
- Actors:
- Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, John Philliber, Edward Brophy, George Cleveland, Sig Ruman, Paul Guilfoyle, George Chandler, Eddie Acuff
- Directors:
- René Clair
- Producers:
- Arnold Pressburger
- Writers:
- Lord Dunsany, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, Lewis R. Foster, Dudley Nichols, René Clair, Helene Fraenkel
- Others:
- Jack Whitney, Robert Stolz
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
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Reviews (2) of It Happened Tomorrow
A great little 1944 movies about seeing into the future - It Happened Tomorrow review by PV
I really enjoyed this film.
A neat slick little idea, and as this is 1944 is is almost a premonition of It's a Wonderful Life, released 1946.
Clever little plot, copied a lot in future in Spielberg films I think re the old mysterious man with secrets and magic. though the idea is older than this film. The Time Machine by HG Wells started it I suppose.
Predictably focuses on betting when one can see tomorrow's newspaper. Though I do wonder about the ending - no spoilers but are people ever casual about losing money?
4 stars
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Interesting film - It Happened Tomorrow review by mg
Great idea. Well executed. Now can someone release the very similar 90's TV series Early Edition in the UK.
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