from Columbia Pictures
Directed by
Frank Capra
Starring
Clark Gable (Peter Warne)
Claudette Colbert (Ellie Andrews)
Walter Connolly (Alexander Andrews)
Roscoe Karns (Mr. Shapeley)
Jameson Thomas (King Westley)
Alan Hale (Danker)
Arthur Hoyt (Zeke)
Blanche Friderici (Zeke's Wife)
Charles C. Wilson (Joe Gordon)
Ernie Adams (Bus passenger)
Irving Bacon (Station Attendent)
Ward Bond (Bus Driver)
Harry Bradley (Henderson)
George P. Breakston (Boy)
Charles D. Brown (Reporter)
James Burke ( Detective)
Edmund Burns (Best Man)
Eddy Chandler (Bus Driver)
Wallis Clark (Lovington)
Joseph Crehan (Detective)
Ray Creighton (Bus passenger)
Mickey Daniels (Vendor)
Eva Dennison (Society Woman)
Neal Dodd (Minister)
Oliver Eckhardt (Dykes)
Billy Engle (Bus passenger)
Bess Flowers (Secretary)
Allen Fox (Bus passenger)
Kit Guard (Bus passenger)
Sherry Hall (Reporter)
Frank Holliday (Detective)
Harry Holman (Auto Camp Manager)
Harry Hume (Policeman)
Sam Josephsn (Bus passenger)
Eddie Kane (Radio Announcer)
Milton Kibbee (Drunk)
Mimi Lindell (Bus passenger)
Marvin Loback (Bus passenger)
Rose May (Bus passenger)
William McCall (Bus passenger)
Claire McDowell (Mother)
Kate Morgan (Bus passenger)
Patsy O'Byrne (Bus passenger)
Earl Pingree (Policeman)
Hal Price (Reporter)
Margaret Reid (Bus passenger)
Tom Ricketts (Prissy Old Man)
Ky Robinson (Detective)
Blanche Rose (Bus passenger)
Rita Ross (Bus passenger)
Matty Rupert (Newsboy)
Harry Schultz (Bus passenger)
Marvin Shechter (Bus passenger)
S.S. Simon (Bus passenger)
Bert Starkey (Bus passenger)
Ethel Sykes (Maid of Honor)
Jane Tallent (Bus passenger)
Emma Tansey (Bus passenger)
Harry Todd (Flag Man)
Maidel Turner (Manager's Wife)
Henry Wadsworth (Drunken Boy)
John Wallace (Bus passenger)
Fred Walton (Butler)
Dave Wengren (Bus passenger)
Charles Wilroy (Bus passenger)
Frank Yaconelli (Tony)
Written by
Samuel Hopkins Adams (story Night Bus)
Robert Riskin |
 When Ellie Andrews
(Claudette Colbert), a millionaire's daughter, marries a man
her father dislikes, the resulting family squabble sends the
beautiful heiress into hiding. She travels across country by
bus, a fugitive from high society. En route, she meets the man
of her dreams: the sexy but brusque news correspondent Peter
Warne (Clark Gable) who has just lost his job -- which unknown
to Ellie, he hopes to recover by selling her story to his former
boss. Together, Peter and Ellie have a series of hapless adventures
and comic misunderstandings, leading them to the realization
that they were made for each other. First film to win all five
major Oscars®. Frank Capra read Samuel Hopkins Adams story
in "Cosmopolitan" magazine and bought the rights for
$5,000. Clark Gable didn't initially want the role and Colbert
was the fifth choice for the female lead. Budget: $325,000. Remakes:
"You Can't Run Away from It" (Columbia 1934) "Eve
Knew Her Apples" (Columbia 1945).
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