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A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
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Warm, comic, effortless and resolved.
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Dick PowellLawrence 'Larry' Stevens
- Linda DarnellSylvia Smith-Stevens
- Jack OakieUncle Oscar Smith
- Edgar KennedyInsp. Mulrooney
- John PhilliberPop Benson
- Edward BrophyJake Shomberg
- George ClevelandMr. Gordon
- Sig RumanMr. Beckstein
- Paul GuilfoyleShep
- George ChandlerBob
Crew
- René ClairDirector
- René ClairScreenplay
- Dudley NicholsScreenplay
- Howard SnyderNovel
- Archie StoutDirector of Photography
- Robert StolzOriginal Music Composer
- Fred PressburgerEditor
- Arnold PressburgerProducer
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