Anambitiousnewspaperreporter(DickPowell),eagertoscoopthecompetition,wisheshecouldknowthenewsbeforeithappens.Amysteriousoldman(JohnPhilliber)grantsthereporterthatpower,evenashecautionsagainstusingit.Nowabletopredictthenews24hoursinadvance,thereportergoesaboutscoopingalltheotherpapers,pickingsure-firewinnersattheracetrack,andenjoyinglife...untilhelearns--inadvance,ofcourse--ofhisowndeath.Ourhero'sproblem:Howcanhekeepthefuturefromhappening?(imdbaaa　　主人公每天晚上都收到一份次日早上出版的報紙，他獲悉自己在數小時內即將斃命，然而他卻幸存下來了。（喬治·薩杜爾《世界電影史》）