Hard to Handle (film)
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Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Written by | Robert Lord Wilson Mizner Houston Branch (original story) |
Starring | James Cagney |
Cinematography | Barney McGill |
Edited by | William Holmes |
Music by | Cliff Hess (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
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
External links[]
- Hard to Handle at the TCM Movie Database
- Hard to Handle at IMDb
Categories:
- 1933 films
- English-language films
- 1933 comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- American comedy films
- American films
- Films about con artists
- Films directed by Mervyn LeRoy
- Warner Bros. films
- 1930s comedy film stubs