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Never Say Die (1938)
Director: Elliott Nugent
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of Bob Hope's best early films, in which he plays a millionaire hypochondriac led to believe he is slowly digesting himself (his acidity test has been mixed up with a dog's) and who therefore disposes of the rest of his life with the usual complicated results. Scripted originally by Preston Sturges, with Hope's regular gagmen Hartman and Butler brought in to add trademark wisecracks; the familiar Hope persona is already evident but not entirely fixed, so the mix works quite well, with enough of the original surviving (the European health spa, the philosophical butler, the delight in verbal eccentricities) to make it something of an embryo Sturges film. Martha Raye is excellent, even rather touching, as the girl he marries when he thinks he has only two weeks to live, and the supporting cast is admirable.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Elliott Nugent
Producer: Paul Jones
Cast: Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Mowbray, Sig Ruman, Ivan Simpson, Monty Woolley full cast
Duration: 76 mins
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