''She Couldn't Say No'' is a 1954 American rural comedy film starring

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, Jean Simmons and

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. The last film in the long directing career of Lloyd Bacon, it 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 (

), who foresees the resulting chaos.

Cast

as Dr. Robert "Doc" Sellers * Jean Simmons as Corby Lane, also known as Corby Johnson *

as Otey Chalmers *

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as Ad Meeker *

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as Joe Whelan *

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as Judge Holbert *

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as Digger *

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as sheriff * Hope Landin as Mrs. McMurty *

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as Ed Gruman * Eleanor Todd as Sally Watson *

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as Elmer Wooley * Dabbs Greer as Dick Jordan *Source: 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.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:She Couldn't Say No (1954 Film) 1954 films 1954 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films 1950s English-language films Films scored by Roy Webb American black-and-white films Films directed by Lloyd Bacon Films set in Arkansas Films about health care 1950s American films