| Hard to Handle | |
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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.
Plot
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
- Berton Churchill as Col. H.D.X. Wells
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Hawks
- Gavin Gordon as John Hayden
- Sterling Holloway as Andy Heaney
- William H. Strauss as Mr. Abe Goldstein
- Bess Flowers as Merrill's Secretary
External links
- Hard to Handle at the TCM Movie Database
- Hard to Handle at IMDb
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