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Hard to Handle (film)

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Director
  
Mervyn LeRoy

Cinematography
  
Barney McGill

Country
  
United States

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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Costume design
  
Orry-Kelly

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Hard to Handle (film) movie poster

Cast
  
James Cagney
(Lefty Merrill),
Mary Brian
(Ruth Waters),
Allen Jenkins
(radio announcer),
Ruth Donnelly
(Lil Waters),
Claire Dodd
(Marlene Reeves),
Robert McWade
(Charles Reeves)

Release date
  
January 28, 1933 (1933-01-28)

Writer
  
Robert Lord (screen play), Wilson Mizner (screen play), Houston Branch (original story)

Similar movies
  
Related Mervyn LeRoy movies

Tagline
  
Hey, Folks!... I'm back!

Hard to handle original theatrical trailer


Hard to Handle (1933) is a 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 mass is a cow. It must be milked". The movie was produced at Warner Bros. and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

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Cast

  • James Cagney as Myron C. 'Lefty' Merrill
  • Mary Brian as Ruth Waters
  • Allen Jenkins as Marathon radio announcer
  • Ruth Donnelly as Lil Waters
  • Claire Dodd as Marlene Reeves
  • Robert McWade as Charles G. Reeves
  • References

    Hard to Handle (film) Wikipedia
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