Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Never Say Die (1939)

Directed by Elliott Nugent
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)

Eccentric millionaire Bob Hope goes to Bad Gasswater Germany in search of a cure for an illness he doesn't have. His test results get mixed up with a dog, and Hope is such a hypochondriac that he believes he has some rare disease that will eventually kill him or turn him into a dog. Meanwhile, he is being forced into marriage by a lady who wants his money, which also happens to be the predicament of stranger Martha Raye. They meet and decide to marry each other instead. A crazy comedy that is very funny, the highlight being a duel at the end, remember: "There's a cross on the muzzle of the pistol with the bullet and a nick on the handle of the pistol with the blank".

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