She Couldn't Say No (1952)

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Lloyd Bacon wrapped up his lengthy directorial career with the innocuous comedy She Couldn't Say No. "She" is a young heiress named Corby (Jean Simmons), who visits the small town of Progress, Arkansas, hoping to repay a good deed. It seems that, when Corby was a child, the villagers had all donated… More Lloyd Bacon wrapped up his lengthy directorial career with the innocuous comedy She Couldn't Say No. "She" is a young heiress named Corby (Jean Simmons), who visits the small town of Progress, Arkansas, hoping to repay a good deed. It seems that, when Corby was a child, the villagers had all donated money to pay for her life-saving operation. Now she intends to reward the villagers by anonymously donating all sorts of financial boons and civic improvements. This serves only to stir up resentment against our well-intentioned heroine. Particularly offended is local doctor Robert Mitchum, who rightly sees Corby's beneficence as an invitation for every hustler and con-artist on earth to descend upon Progress. What Doc Mitchum can't foresee (though the audience can) is that he'll fall head over heels in love with Corby before fadeout time. With She Couldn't Say No, Jean Simmons fulfilled her contractual obligations to RKO, freeing her for more prestigious assignments like Desiree and Guys and Dolls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Lloyd Bacon
Genres: Drama, Comedy

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Horse twaddle.

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Cast

            Robert Mitchum as Doc

            Jean Simmons as Corby Lane

            Arthur Hunnicutt as Otley

            Edgar Buchanan as Ad Meeker

            Wallace Ford as Joe

            Raymond Walburn as Judge Holbert

            Jimmy Hunt as Digger

            Ralph Dumke as Sheriff

            Hope Landin as Mrs. McMurtry

            Gus Schilling as Ed Gruman

            Eleanor Todd as Sally

            Pinky Tomlin as Elmer Wooley

            Tol Avery
            
            Barry Brooks as Clerk

            Morgan Brown
            
            Charles Cane
            
            Wallis Clark as Minister

            James Craven as Plumber

            Dabbs Greer
            
            Jonathan Hale as Mr. Bentley

            Marjorie Holliday
            
            Bob Hopkins
            
            Florence Lake as Mrs. Gruman

            Edith Leslie as Nora

            Tony Merrill
            
            Clarence Muse
            
            Burt Mustin as Amos

            Charles Watts
            
            Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Holbert

            Dan White
            
            Gloria Winters as Barbara

            Coleman Francis
            
            Michael Lally
            
            Teddy Mangean
            
            Sammy Shack
            
            Carl Sklover
            
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