She Couldn't Say No (1954 film)

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She Couldn't Say No is a 1954 American rural comedy film starring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Arthur Hunnicutt. It was the last film in the long directing career of Lloyd Bacon to be released (The last film he directed was the musical The French Line starring Jane Russell).

She Couldn't Say No
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Screenplay by	D. D. Beauchamp, William Bowers Richard Flournoy
Based on	Enough for Happiness 1951 American Magazine story by D. D. Beauchamp
Produced by	Robert Sparks
Starring	Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Arthur Hunnicutt
Cinematography	Harry J. Wild
Edited by	George Amy
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1954 (1954-02-15) (US)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

"She Couldn't Say No" was later re-released as Beautiful but Dangerous.

Plot

Wealthy Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) visits the American hamlet of Progress, Arkansas, whose residents had paid for a critical medical operation for her when she was a child. She decides to express her gratitude by giving them money anonymously. The headstrong woman clashes with the local doctor, Robert Sellers (Robert Mitchum), who foresees the resulting chaos.

Cast

• Robert Mitchum as Dr. Robert "Doc" Sellers
• Jean Simmons as Corby Lane, also known as Corby Johnson
• Arthur Hunnicutt as Otey Chalmers
• Edgar Buchanan as Ad Meeker
• Wallace Ford as Joe Whelan
• Raymond Walburn as Judge Holbert
• Jimmy Hunt as Digger
• Ralph Dumke as sheriff
• Hope Landin as Mrs. McMurty
• Gus Schilling as Ed Gruman
• Eleanor Todd as Sally Watson
• Pinky Tomlin as Elmer Wooley
• Dabbs Greer as Dick Jordan

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Cast notes:

• Robert Mitchum disliked the script for the film so much that at one point he went on suspension to avoid appearing in it. It was not the last film he made for RKO, but it was his last RKO film to be released.

Production

Paramount Pictures originally purchased the property as a vehicle for William Holden, with Dick Powell scheduled to direct, but conflicts with Holden's schedule caused the studio to sell the rights to RKO. The working title for the film was changed from "A Likely Story" to "Beautiful but Dangerous" to avoid confusion with RKO's earlier film A Likely Story, released in 1946. Other working or alternate titles included "Enough for Happiness", "Murder", and "She Had to Say Yes". Principal photography took place between the middle of May and early June 1952.

External links

• She Couldn't Say No at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• She Couldn't Say No at the TCM Movie Database
• She Couldn't Say No at IMDb
• She Couldn't Say No at AllMovie