Film Forum

U.S., 1944
Directed by René Clair
With Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
Approx. 85 min. 35mm. 

Turn-of-the-century newspaper man Dick Powell’s wish for a leg up in his business is granted by a mysterious old man who gives him a copy of tomorrow’s newspaper. Powell’s apparent clairvoyance draws him to stage psychic Linda Darnell when he finds a headline predicting his own death.

35mm print courtesy the Library of Congress.

Reviews

“With the crowded, horse-playful race-track scenes and with the long, romping cops-and-robbers chase which ends the picture, cinemaddicts will know for sure that this film is the work of René Clair, the French cinemagician whose LE MILLION, SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS and A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ are among the most inspired screen comedies ever made.”
– James Agee, TIME