Hard to Handle (1933)
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A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
- Date of release
- 1933-01-28
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
Casting
- James Cagney — Lefty Merrill
- Mary Brian — Ruth Waters
- Allen Jenkins — radio announcer
- Ruth Donnelly — Lil Waters
- Claire Dodd — Marlene Reeves
- Robert McWade — Charles Reeves
- Clay Clement — Federal Man #1 (uncredited)
- Don Brodie — Sound Man (uncredited)
- Berton Churchill — Col. H.D.X. Wells (uncredited)
- Davison Clark — Federal Man #2 (uncredited)
- G. Pat Collins — Dance Judge (uncredited)
- Jack Crawford — Ralph Blackman - Band Leader (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Hard to Handle is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring James Cagney as a breezily clowning con artist who organizes a Depression-era dance marathon. His character remarks at one point, "The public is like a cow, bellowing—bellowing!—to be milked". The movie was produced at Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
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