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He Couldn't Say No(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-03-19
70%
3 Votes
Time: 0h 57m
HE GAMBLED ON LIFE...and won first prize in a love sweepstakes
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: He Couldn't Say No
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1938-03-19
Average
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3.5 startsTagline
HE GAMBLED ON LIFE...and won first prize in a love sweepstakes
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