Never Say Die
Cast & Crew
Elliott Nugent
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Andy Devine
Alan Mowbray
Gale Sondergaard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
John Kidley, a multi-millionaire hypochondriac, spends what he believes are his dying days at the health spa at Bad Gaswasser, slowly digesting himself to death because a chemist has gotten his stomach acidity report mixed up with that of a dog. Kidley barely escapes marriage to the murderous adventuress Juno Markoff when he meets Mickey Hawkins, a Texas heiress whose father has promised her hand to the fortune hunting Prince Smirnow. When Kidley learns that Mickey is eating her heart out over Henry Munch, a bus driver from back home, he suggests that the answer to both their problems is to marry each other. Complications arise when Henry appears to accompany the newlyweds on their honeymoon, and Juno and Smirnow, blaming Kidley for cheating them out of their fortunes, set out to claim their rightful due. After Kidley eliminates Smirnow in a duel, Henry shows up engaged to Juno, and Kidley begins a new, healthy life with Mickey.
Director
Elliott Nugent
Cast
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Andy Devine
Alan Mowbray
Gale Sondergaard
Sig Rumann
Ernest Cossart
Paul Harvey
Frances Arms
Ivan Simpson
Monty Woolley
Foy Van Dolsen
Christian Rub
Crew
Frank Butler
Hans Dreier
Farciot Edouart
Ernst Fegte
A. E. Freudeman
Don Hartman
Edith Head
Paul Jones
William Lebaron
Boris Morros
Walter Oberst
Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin
Harold Schwartz
James Smith
Preston Sturges
Leo Tover
Phil G. Wisdom
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to a 1937 news item in Hollywood Reporter, Jack Benny and Franciska Gaal were originally to have appeared in this film with Arthur Hornblow, Jr. producing and Raoul Walsh directing. Douglas MacLean productions filmed the Post-Collie play in 1924 with Douglas MacLean and Lillian Rich in the starring roles and directed by George J. Crone (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3803).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1939
Released in United States 1939
