She Couldn't Say No (1939 film)

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She Couldn't Say No
Directed by Graham Cutts
Written by Clifford Grey
Bert Lee
Elizabeth Meehan
Based onFunny Face
1927 musical play
by Paul Gerard Smith
Fred Thompson
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Starring Tommy Trinder
Fred Emney
Googie Withers
Cinematography Claude Friese-Greene
Music byKenneth Leslie-Smith
Distributed by Pathé Pictures
Release date
  • 20 April 1939 (1939-04-20)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

She Couldn't Say No is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Tommy Trinder, Fred Emney and Googie Withers. [1] It was based on a play Funny Face by Paul Gerard Smith and Fred Thompson. The screenplay features a woman who arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.

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