Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
- newspaper
- miami
- florida
- marriage
- reporter
- black and white
- screwball comedy
- socialite
- pre-code
- based on short story
- screwball
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Clark Gable
Peter Warne
Claudette Colbert
Ellie Andrews
Walter Connolly
Alexander Andrews
Roscoe Karns
Oscar Shapeley
- Jameson Thomas — King Westley
- Alan Hale — Danker
- Arthur Hoyt — Zeke
- Blanche Friderici — Zeke's Wife
- Charles Cahill Wilson — Joe Gordon
- Ernie Adams — Bag Thief (uncredited)
- Jessie Arnold — Woman at Auto Camp (uncredited)
- Irving Bacon — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- William Bailey — Clark (uncredited)
- William Begg — Wedding Party Guest (uncredited)
- William A. Boardway — Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- Directed
- Frank Capra
- Written
- Robert Riskin
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 1,426 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
