Don't Bet on Women

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Don't Bet on Women
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Directed by William K. Howard
Written byLeon Gordon
William Anthony McGuire
Lynn Starling
Produced by John W. Considine Jr.
William Fox
Starring Edmund Lowe
Jeanette MacDonald
Roland Young
Cinematography Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by Harold D. Schuster
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 6, 1931 (1931-03-06)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Don't Bet on Women is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. [1]

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Plot

On a whim, Herbert Blake proposes a wager with Roger Fallon that he won't be able to get a kiss during the coming 48 hours from the next woman who happens to walk into the room. Fallon takes the bet, whereupon the woman who turns up is Herbert's wife.

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  1. Turk p.359

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