Crime ·Adventure ·Comedy · United States of America · 1938 · 57m

He Couldn't Say No

Director

Cast

Frank McHugh as Lambert T. Hunkins Jane Wyman as Violet Coney Cora Witherspoon as Mrs. Coney Diana Lewis as Iris Mabby Berton Churchill as Senator Mabby Chester Clute as Musgrave

Crew

Frank DeWar — Editor Robertson White — Screenplay Joseph Schrank — Screenplay Ben Grauman Kohn — Screenplay Norman Matson — Story Bryan Foy — Producer

Tagline

HE GAMBLED ON LIFE...and won first prize in a love sweepstakes

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Lewis Seiler Director Frank DeWar Editor Robertson White Screenplay Joseph Schrank Screenplay Ben Grauman Kohn Screenplay Norman Matson Story Bryan Foy Producer Howard Shoup Costume Design

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