She Asked for It
6.3
“Mysteries are his meat! He writes 'em...he reads 'em...but when she makes him start to solve 'em...help, police!”
Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends them a monthly allowance. Conrad Norris, Dwight's cousin, disapproves of Dwight and Penny, and resents his uncle's generosity. The uncle is the victim of a hit-and-run accident and, there being no will, Conrad, as next of kin, inherits. Switch, the uncle's lawyer, tells Dwight he is shutout with no hope of appeal. Dwight starts writing mystery novels about a fictional detective named Steven Knight, which become instant hits and the money pours in.
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Cast
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William Gargan
Dwight Stanford
Known for
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Orien Heyward
Penelope Stanford
Vivienne Osborne
Ceila Stettin
Known for
Dragonwyck
Richard Carle
Ted Hoyt
Known for
Ninotchka
One Hour with You
Roland Drew
Randolph Stettin
Known for
Across the Pacific
Harry Beresford
Mr. Switch, the Lawyer
Known for
Doctor X
Follow the Fleet
Alan Birmingham
Conrad Norris
Also in
Masquerade
The Great Power
Harry Fleischmann
Jenkins
Also in
City in Darkness
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Tully Marshall
Old Man Stettin
Known for
Scarface
This Gun for Hire
Miki Morita
Kaito
Known for
The Walking Dead
Nora Cecil
Elderly lady (uncredited)
Known for
The Thin Man Goes Home
Easy Living
Erle C. Kenton Director · Theodore Reeves Screenplay Frederick J. Jackson Screenplay
United States release September 17, 1937 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
B.P. Schulberg Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 17, 1937
Theatrical
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