Skip to content
HOLLYWOOD METRICS
HomeAboutCraftNewsAnalyticsScriptsBooksPricingAPIMCP
Catalog/Comedy/You Never Can Tell
You Never Can Tell poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 66.5 / 100
1951·Comedy / Crime / Fantasy·1h 18m

YOU NEVER CAN TELL

“A picture for people who think they've seen EVERYTHING!”

Ex-police/army dog King inherits a fortune from an eccentric millionaire. But someone poisons him for his fortune. He gets to go back to earth as a human detective to bring his killer to justice and protect the girl who used to look after him.

Above the Line
Lou Breslow·DirectorDavid Chandler·ScreenplayLou Breslow·ScreenplayMaury Gertsman·Director of PhotographyHans J. Salter·Original Music ComposerFrank Gross·Editor
Cast
Dick Powell·Rex ShepherdPeggy Dow·Ellen HathawayJoyce Holden·Goldie HarveyCharles Drake·Perry CollinsAlbert Sharpe·Grandpa HathawayLou Polan·Sergeant NovakFrank Nelson·Lieutenant GilpinWilliam Vedder·NicholasFrank Gerstle·DetectiveAnthony George·Louie Luisetti
Full Crew
(18 credits)
Directing· 1
Lou Breslow·Director
Writing· 3
David Chandler·ScreenplayLou Breslow·StoryLou Breslow·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Maury Gertsman·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Frank Gross·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Hans J. Salter·Original Music ComposerRichard DeWeese·SoundLeslie I. Carey·Sound
Art & Design· 6
Bernard Herzbrun·Art DirectionBill Thomas·Costume DesignAlexander Golitzen·Art DirectionRuby R. Levitt·Set DecorationRussell A. Gausman·Set DecorationBud Westmore·Makeup Artist
Production· 1
Leonard Goldstein·Producer
Other Departments· 2
David S. Horsley·Special EffectsJoan St. Oegger·Hairstylist
By the Numbers
66.5
OF 100
Master Score
7.0
OF 10
IMDb
—
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
Where to Watch

THE AVAILABILITY MAP

The canonical record of where this film lives across the streaming map.

Provider Index In Progress

Streaming, rental, and purchase availability for this title is being ingested from the TMDB watch-providers feed and will appear here once the next catalog refresh runs. Until then, the canonical source links below remain the fastest route.

Find on TMDB
Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

You Never Can Tell's poster has not been indexed by the visual agent yet. The grid below shows the schema the analysis fills in.

Dominant Palette
Pending
Mood
Unanalyzed
Composition
Unanalyzed
Era
Unanalyzed
Visual Style
Unanalyzed

The visual agent has indexed 54,210 posters from the catalog against this schema. The remaining slate is queued for the next enrichment pass.

More Like This

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Neighboring films in the catalog's similarity graph.

Keep Going

THREE WAYS DEEPER

Auteur
AUT
MORE BY LOU BRESLOW

Every catalog entry where Lou Breslow is credited as director.

Open
Family
GEN
MORE COMEDY

Top-ranked films inside comedy, sorted by master score.

Open
Era
DEC
MORE FROM THE 1950S

The best films of the 1950s, ranked across every available metric.

Open
View on IMDbView on TMDBCatalog
HOLLYWOOD METRICS

The definitive mathematical oracle for cinematic success and creative script intelligence.

74,000+ Films100 Years1.1M+ Reviews
PRODUCT
  • The Hollywood Record · Books
  • Bookshop
  • Dashboard
  • Pricing
  • Script Analysis
  • Watch the Demo
  • The Red List
  • News
  • Analytics
  • API
  • MCP Connector
COMPANY
  • About
  • Track Record
  • Trust & Script Privacy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
CONNECT
  • ▶YouTube
  • ◉Instagram
  • ♪TikTok
  • @Threads
  • fFacebook
Get Started Free →
© 2026 Hollywood Metrics. All rights reserved.Powered by bespoke agents and autonomous agentic workflows