---
title: 'It Had to Happen (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Del Ruth'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/it-had-to-happen-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# It Had to Happen (1936)

1936 · 79 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

It Had to Happen is a 1936 American drama film starring George Raft and Rosalind Russell. The movie was written by Kathryn Scola, and Howard Ellis Smith, and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It is based on the 1909 short story "Canavan, the Man Who Had His Way" by Rupert Hughes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Del Ruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-del-ruth)
- **Screenplay:** [Norman Krasna](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-krasna), [Rupert Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-hughes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-lange)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)

## Cast

- [John Dilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dilson)
- [Sam Ash](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-ash)
- [Leo Carrillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-carrillo)
- [Jack Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-curtis-2)
- [Harry C. Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-c-bradley)
- [Arline Judge](https://cinepixo.com/people/arline-judge)
- [Harold Alan Dinehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-alan-dinehart)
- [Astrid Allwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/astrid-allwyn)
- [Lynn Bari](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-bari)
- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Edward Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-cooper)
- [James Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-burke)
- [Pierre Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-watkin)
- [Selmer Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/selmer-jackson)
- [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods)

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