The Lady Says No

The Lady Says No is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Frank Ross,[1] starring Joan Caulfield, David Niven and James Robertson Justice, photographed by James Wong Howe, and featuring sequences filmed at Fort Ord, Pebble Beach and Carmel, California.

The supporting cast features Frances Bavier, who later played "Aunt Bee" on television's The Andy Griffith Show.

Her interactions with him lead her to question her feminist convictions, such as it being unsuitable for a woman to illogically fall in love with someone she also loathes.

A barroom brawl ensues when Bill rebuffs Dorinda's attempts at seducing him and she proceeds to charm all the single men there.

The New York Times critic agreed with David Niven's "trenchant observation [in the film], 'This went out with silent pictures!'

David Niven and Joan Caulfield in the dream sequence