He Couldn't Say No (1938)
HE GAMBLED ON LIFE...and won first prize in a love sweepstakes
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
- Date of release
- 1938-03-19
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Crime, Adventure, Comedy
- Director
- Lewis Seiler
Casting
- Frank McHugh — Lambert T. Hunkins
- Jane Wyman — Violet Coney
- Cora Witherspoon — Mrs. Coney
- Diana Lewis — Iris Mabby
- Berton Churchill — Senator Mabby
- Chester Clute — Musgrave
- William Haade — Slug
- Tom Kennedy — Dimples
- Raymond Hatton — Hymie Atlas
- John Ridgely — Man-On-The-Street Reporter
- Cliff Clark — Auctioneer
- Rita Gould — Julia Becker, the Sculptor
Interesting facts
He Couldn't Say No is a Warner Bros. romantic comedy film released on March 18, 1938. It stars Frank McHugh as a timid advertising man who is dominated by everyone, including his girlfriend, played by Jane Wyman. It is based on the play Larger than Life by Joseph Schrank and the short story of the same name by Norman H. Matson.
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