The Lady Says No

Comedy

David Niven plays a globe-trotting author and photographer on assignment from LIFE magazine to do a photo story on best-selling author of the title book, "The Lady Says 'No'," Joan Caulfield.

Rather than finding a dour spinster, as he expects, she is a young, attractive blonde, who finds her published theories against love and men set on their head.

The unbidden thoughts and impulses even invade her subconscious, in a fascinating dream sequence. It is a battle of the sexes, and the Id and Ego, as the two clash. He tries to show her that her book is "all rot"; while she tries to prove her theories that love is just an autonomic function, which isn't really worth it.

They find that they all have a lot to learn, and forgive. It looks like sometimes the answer is "no", and sometimes "yes". (Wikipedia)

Movie Info

Directed by: Frank Ross
Written by: Robert Russell
Starring: Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, Lenore Lonergan
Music by: Arthur Lange, Emil Newman

Release date: 1951
Running time: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

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