She Couldn't Say No ( Beautiful But Dangerous ) ( She Had to Say Yes (She Could Not Say No) )

She Couldn't Say No (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Original Title: Beautiful But Dangerous
Alternate Title: She Had to Say Yes (She Could Not Say No)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1954 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lloyd Bacon

Written By:
D.D. Beauchamp
William Bowers

Actors:
Robert Mitchum ..... Doctor Robert Sellers
Jean Simmons ..... Corby Lane
Arthur Hunnicutt ..... Odie Chalmers
Edgar Buchanan ..... Ed Meeker
Wallace Ford ..... Joe Wheelen
Raymond Walburn ..... Judge Hobart
Jimmy Hunt ..... Digger
Ralph Dumke ..... Sheriff
Hope Landin ..... Miss McMurtry
Gus Schilling ..... Ed Gruman
Eleanor Todd ..... Sally Watson
Pinky Tomlin ..... Elmer Wooley

Synopsis:

Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) is an heiress with a heart as big as her bank account. In her youth, the small town of Progress, Ark., banded together to fund a crucial medical operation for Corby. As an adult, she now wants to thank them by awarding the residents an enormous anonymous check. Local doctor Robert Sellers (Robert Mitchum) tries to convince Corby that flooding the town with cash isn't the best method of gratitude. But, as they argue, he learns even he cannot withstand her charms.

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.

As usual with most of the RKO films from this era 'presented' by RKO-owner Howard Hughes, the PCA number is usually 500-1000 digits lower than the one from other studios being released at the time, indicating it was released a year or more after it was completed. This one finds heiress Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) coming to a small Arkansas town to play Santa Claus because, when she was a small child traveling with her impoverished father, the townspeople saved her life by donating money needed for medical treatment. She meets and falls in love with 'Doc' Sellers (Robert Mitchum), an easy-going doctor who enjoys fishing and the unhurried pace of the town. Corby's gesture of handing out money and lavish gifts to the citizens backfires when, after it has been publicized, the town becomes the destination of every wayward traveler and fortune seeker.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 20 July, 2011.

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