
He Couldn't Say No
Crime · Adventure · Comedy
Overview
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
Top Cast


Frank McHugh
Frank McHugh
Lambert T. Hunkins
Frank McHugh
Lambert T. Hunkins


Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Violet Coney
Jane Wyman
Violet Coney


Cora Witherspoon
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Coney
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Coney


Diana Lewis
Diana Lewis
Iris Mabby
Diana Lewis
Iris Mabby


Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill
Senator Mabby
Berton Churchill
Senator Mabby


Chester Clute
Chester Clute
Musgrave
Chester Clute
Musgrave


William Haade
William Haade
Slug
William Haade
Slug


Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Dimples
Tom Kennedy
Dimples


Raymond Hatton
Raymond Hatton
Hymie Atlas
Raymond Hatton
Hymie Atlas


John Ridgely
John Ridgely
Man-On-The-Street Reporter
John Ridgely
Man-On-The-Street Reporter
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