It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow
Original film poster
Directed byRené Clair
Screenplay byDudley Nichols
René Clair
Helene Fraenkel
(add'l dialogue)
Based onOne-act play:
"The Jest of Haha Laba" by
Lord Dunsany
Unproduced screenplay:
Hugh Wedlock
Howard Snyder
Ideas:
Lewis R. Foster
Produced byArnold Pressburger
StarringDick Powell
Linda Darnell
Jack Oakie
CinematographyArchie Stout
Edited byFred Pressburger
Music byRobert Stolz
Production
company
Arnold Pressburger Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 27, 1944 (1944-03-27)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000[1]

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.

  1. ^ "Indies Go Deluxe". Variety. 5 January 1944. p. 15.