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An unforgettable entertainment...the outstanding performance of two outstanding careers!
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.
CinemaSerf
Mar 25, 2023 · via TMDB
Claudette Colbert is great as the independently-minded heiress "Ellie" who jumps from her father's yacht and finds herself, nigh-on penniless, on a bus to New York. Also angling for that last seat on the bus is the roguish "Warne" (Clark Gable) - a journalist with a nose for a good story. Determined to track her down, her father uses his media empire and soon her photo is all over the press. This doesn't go unnoticed by the shrewd "Warne", who soon reckons her story is worth a load of cash to his editor. What neither reckon on though, is that their initial hostility/indifference to each other gradually morphs into something - well, yes, you can guess that bit. Indeed, the story itself has a degree of predictability to it - but that doesn't matter here. This is a quickly paced, well written comedy drama that utilises the intimacy of the bus (or the motels) to provide an excellent vehicle for two actors who just exude a joyous chemistry - never a romantic, or sentimental one - as they try to stay one step ahead of the blokes sent by her father to return her to safety and to her affianced "King Wesley" (Jameson Thomas) who is the latest cause of the familial discord (her father loathes this opportunist fellow). Tables are turned and turned again as each try to outmanoeuvre the other - with Walter Connolly turning in quite an engaging performance as the dad who also knows there is more than one way to skin a cat. This might be my favourite Gable outing - he had a lovely smile and glint in his eye for comedy parts when he was enjoying himself and Colbert is also at the top of her game for a thoroughly enjoyable and spirited look at human nature and bloody-mindedness.
JTomKinser
Jan 31, 2022 · via TMDB
Made nearly 90 years ago and still fun to watch. Sarcastic, witty, and entertaining. "Mind if I tried? ... You? Don't make me laugh."
Andres Gomez
Aug 21, 2013 · via TMDB
A classical comedy which would be setting some standards with great performance from Clark Gable.
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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
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William Bailey
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Ward Bond
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Harry C. Bradley
Henderson (uncredited)
George P. Breakston
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James Burke
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Edmund Burns
Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Frank Capra
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Eddy Chandler
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Lovington (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Detective (uncredited)
Mickey Daniels
Vendor on Bus (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
Mr. Dykes (uncredited)
Billy Engle
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Bess Flowers
Agnes (uncredited)
Dolores Fuller
Young Girl in the Shower Line (uncredited)
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William Irving
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Milton Kibbee
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Carl M. Leviness
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William McCall
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Hal Price
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Newsboy (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
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Harry Semels
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S.S. Simon
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Harry Todd
Flagman at Railroad Crossing (uncredited)
Maidel Turner
Last Motel Manager's Wife (uncredited)
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Frank Yaconelli
Tony (uncredited)
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Edward Bernds
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