August 27 movie: It's a Wonderful World. Jimmy Stewart is a detective whose client is framed for murder. He hides his client, thus making himself an accessory, then goes on the lam to find the real killer. On the way he kidnaps a poetess (Claudette Colbert) who quickly falls for him, and the two of them travel the countryside together trying to solve the crime.
They were clearly trying to recapture the magic of It Happened One Night here, and while it was good, it wasn't that good. That said, I love both Stewart and Colbert, I'll watch almost anything with either of them in it. Both is just that much better. And I did enjoy It's a Wonderful World, but if I were to recommend a madcap Claudette Colbert road movie it would definitely be It Happened One Night. (I can't think of a madcap Jimmy Stewart road movie off the top of my head.)
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