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It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

It Happened Tomorrow poster
Directed by
René Clair
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, flashback film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
14A
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 70 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper reporter receives a copy of the next day's paper. He uses the advance knowledge to try to get ahead but finds that knowing the future causes unexpected trouble.

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What happens

It Happened Tomorrow is a 1944 American fantasy film directed by René Clair, starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell and Jack Oakie, and featuring Edgar Kennedy and John Philliber. It is based on the one-act play "The Jest of Haha Laba" by Lord Dunsany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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