It Happened One Night

Proof that Clarke Gable can only ever play the same role. Essentially Peter Warne is Rhett Butler in the thirties and instead of a southern belle he has a blue-blood socialite. It's hard to believe this won the "big five"--I know I wasn't too hot on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest but wow, comparing the acting of Gable to Nicholson and Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs being the other film to will all five, and consequently my favorite of the lot) is sort of ridiculous. It may be because Nicholson and Hopkins won for sublime acting while nothing about Clarke Gables is ever subtle. Entertaining to watch, but not in my list of the best films I've ever seen.