
The Ref(1994)
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.


“HE GAMBLED ON LIFE...and won first prize in a love sweepstakes”
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.

Frank McHugh
Lambert T. Hunkins

Jane Wyman
Violet Coney

Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Coney

Diana Lewis
Iris Mabby

Berton Churchill
Senator Mabby

Chester Clute
Musgrave

William Haade
Slug

Tom Kennedy
Dimples

Raymond Hatton
Hymie Atlas

John Ridgely
Man-On-The-Street Reporter
He Couldn't Say No is a crime, adventure, comedy film released in 1938 exploring themes of clerk, bad mother-in-law, senator, raise. Directed by Lewis Seiler, it stars Frank McHugh, Jane Wyman, Cora Witherspoon. 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.
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