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It Happened One Night Scenes 22-24 Summary

  • Peter and Ellie are hitchhiking now.
  • Peter thinks he knows how to hitchhike better then Ellie, but he can't flag down a car, although he tries several times.
  • Then all Ellie has to do is show some leg and she stops the first car that sees her.
  • The car's driven by a crazy guy who loves to sing loudly. He mistakes Peter and Ellie for lovebirds, then sings a song about how "young people in love are never hungry."
  • Ellie's still hungry, but Peter doesn't let her accept the driver's offer to get her some food.
  • While Ellie and Peter are off arguing, the driver hurries away with the car, which has Peter's suitcase in it.
  • Peter rushes after the driver. We see him return with a cut-up face; he's been in a fight with the driver—a "road thief"—and he won.
  • Peter drives Ellie away, noting that they'll have to bargain for gas with what's left in his pockets.