Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert glow as an odd couple on the road, and eventually, in love in this 1930's screwball rom-com. Colbert plays Ellie Andrews, a spoiled society girl (Gable dubs her "brat") who flees her overbearing father to marry a society playboy. Gable plays Peter Warne, a down-on-his-luck drunken newspaper reporter, who needs a good story to save his career. Naturally, the two find themselves on bus together to New York, and series of events prolongs their trip, forces them to stick together, and leads them to fall in love. But they don't even know it yet! And their stubborness just drives them apart!
The charm of the pair is certainly the draw of the film. Gable is dashing and witty and adorably intoxicated. Colbert glows with youthful obstinance and passion, and the chemistry between them is as exciting as it is inevitable.
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