Never Say Die

Never Say Die

82 mins | Comedy | March 8, 1939

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?

Never Say Die

82 mins | Comedy | March 8, 1939

Never Say Die
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Paramount
Original title Never Say Die
Directors Elliott Nugent
Writers William H. Post, Frank Butler, Don Hartman, Preston Sturges

Cast

Martha Raye

as Mickey Hawkins

Bob Hope

as John Kidley

Andy Devine

as Henry Munch

Alan Mowbray

as le Prince Smirnov

Gale Sondergaard

as Juno Marko

Sig Ruman

as Poppa Ingleborg

Ernest Cossart

as Jeepers

Paul Harvey

as Jasper Hawkins

Frances Arms

as Momma Ingleborg

Ivan F. Simpson

as Kretsky

Monty Woolley

as Dr. Schmidt

Foy Van Dolsen

as Kretsky's Bodyguard

Christian Rub

as The Mayor

Max Barwyn

as Fourth Officer

Charles Brokaw

as 2nd Second at Duel

William Burgess

as Man with Dog

James B. Carson

as Hotel Proprietor

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Druggist

Janet Elsie Clark

as Hannah

Hans Conried

as Bit Part

Gino Corrado

as Waiter

Albert Dekker

as Kidley's Second

Claire Du Brey

as Hotel Guest

Harold Entwistle

as Dyspeptic

Walter Fenner

as Doctor

Arno Frey

as Assistant Chemist

Donald Gallaher

as Manager

Harriette Haddon

as Telephone Operator

Donald Haines

as Julius - Bellhop

Clarence Harvey

as Dyspeptic

Victor Kilian

as Man Who Loads Pistols

Jack Knoche

as First Officer

Nick Moro

as Accordian Player

Frank Reicher

as Man in Charge of Duel

Oscar Rudolph

as Ambulance Attendant

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

as Associate Doctor

Richard Van Opel

as Chauffeur

Hans von Morhart

as Second Officer

Paul Weigel

as Concierge

Kenneth Wilson

as Little Bellhop

Marjorie Wood

as Hotel Guest

Henry Zynda

as Third Officer