That's Right - You're Wrong (1939): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1939, That's Right - You're Wrong is a comedy and music film directed by David Butler, running about 94 minutes. “THE LAUGH-SWING SENSATION OF THE CENTURY!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.

Who’s in it. That's Right - You're Wrong stars Kay Kyser as Kay Kyser, Adolphe Menjou as Stacey Delmore, May Robson as Grandma and Lucille Ball as Sandra Sand, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, That's Right - You're Wrong has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch That's Right - You're Wrong page.

If you liked it. Fans of That's Right - You're Wrong tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.