该片是由雷内·克莱尔执导的奇幻片,于1944年上映，主要讲述了:An ambit.ious n.ewspaper .reporter (Dick Powell), eag.er to scoop the competit.ion, w.ishes .he .could know the news before .it happen.s. A mysterious old m.an .(John .Philliber) grants the. reporter that pow.er, even as he .cau.tions against usin.g it. Now able .to pre.dict the .news 24 hours in advance, t.he reporter goes about s.coopin.g all .the. other papers, picking sure.-fire win.ners at the race trac.k, .and en.joying life... until .he learns -- in ad.vance, of cours.e -.- of his own death.. Our hero's pr.oblem:. How can .he keep the future from hap.pening?(imdb) . . . . . . 　　主人公每天晚上都收到一份第.二天早.上印绶的报纸.，他得悉本人在数小时内行将毙命，但是他却幸.存下来了。（乔治·萨杜尔《世界影戏史.》）