Never Say Die (1939)
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80% of users liked it
(26 ratings)
Bob Hope and an all-star cast have great fun in this frothy romantic comedy about a wealthy tycoon who learns that he only has one month left to live. Not realizing that the tests were wrong, he decides to make hay while the sun still shines. He dumps his fiancee and then heads for the lovely Bad… More Bob Hope and an all-star cast have great fun in this frothy romantic comedy about a wealthy tycoon who learns that he only has one month left to live. Not realizing that the tests were wrong, he decides to make hay while the sun still shines. He dumps his fiancee and then heads for the lovely Bad Gaswasser Spa in Switzerland. There he meets a young heiress who is being forced to marry a prince rather than the bus driver she loves. Taking pity on her and having nothing to lose, he marries her and plans to leave her his fortune so she will be free to marry anyone she wants. During their honeymoon, on which the bus driver accompanies them, the groom learns that he will live. Unfortunately for the bus driver, true romance has bloomed between the newlyweds. Of course they don't find this out until a little later. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elliott Nugent
- Written By
- Preston Sturges, William H. Post, Frank Butler, James Smith
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 14, 1939 Wide
Critic Reviews
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Adapted from the William H. Post play, this film never fully achieves its potential to be a little gem, even with the fine comic talents of Hope.
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Cast
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Martha Raye
as Mickey Hawkins
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Bob Hope
as John Kidley
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Andy Devine
as Henry Munch
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Alan Mowbray
as Prince Smirnov
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Gale Sondergaard
as Juno
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Sig Rumann
as Poppa Ingeborg
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Ernest Cossart
as Jeepers
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Paul Harvey
as Jasper Hawkins
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Frances Arms
as Momma Ingeborg
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Ivan Simpson
as Kretsky
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Monty Woolley
as Dr. Schmidt
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Foy Van Dolsen
as Kretsky's Bodyguard
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Christian Rub
as The Mayor
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- Gino Corrado
- Albert Dekker
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Donald Haines
as Julius
- Victor Kilian
- Frank Reicher
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Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Chemist
