She Couldn't Say No is a 1954 American rural comedy film[1] starring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Arthur Hunnicutt. The last film in the long directing career of Lloyd Bacon, it was later re-released as Beautiful but Dangerous.
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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 |
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Running time | 88 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
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Cast notes:
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.[1]