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Hard to Handle is an American comedy romance film first released in 1933,
directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
The film stars James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly and Claire Dodd.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- Script: Houston Branch, Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner
- Photo: Barney McGill
- Music: Cliff Hess
- Cast: James Cagney (Myron C. ’Lefty’ Merrill), Mary Brian (Ruth Waters), Allen Jenkins (Marathon radio announcer), Ruth Donnelly (Lil Waters), Claire Dodd (Marlene Reeves), Robert McWade (Charles G. Reeves), Don Brodie (Sound Man), Berton Churchill (Col. H.D.X. Wells), Davison Clark (Federal man #2), Clay Clement (Federal man #1), G. Pat Collins (Dance judge), Jack Crawford (Ralph Blackman – Band Leader), Mary Doran (Undetermined Role), Lester Dorr (Ed (photographer)), Douglass Dumbrille (District Attorney), Emma Dunn (Mrs. Hawks (landlady)), Bess Flowers (Merrill’s secretary), June Gittelson (Fat Girl with Hamburger), Gavin Gordon (John Hayden), Grace Hayle (Fat lady with vanishing cream), Sterling Holloway (Andy Heaney), Harry Holman (Colonel’s associate), Tenen Holtz (Tailor), Eddie Kane (Grapefruit Acres executive), Lew Kelly (Hash slinger), Louise Mackintosh (Mrs. O.H.P. Weston-Parks), Eric Mayne (Bedford College Dignitary), Larry McGrath (Dance observer), Matt McHugh (Joe Goetz), Henry Otho (Dance worker owned three weeks wages), Fred Santley (Grapefruit Acres radio announcer), Cliff Saum (Streetcar conductor), John Sheehan (Ed ’Mac’ McGrath), Stanley Smith (Vocalist with Ralph Blackman’s Band), Harry Strang (Water sprayer), William H. Strauss (Mr. Abe Goldstein (antiques dealer)), Charles Sullivan (Dance observer), Walter Walker (Bedford College representative), Charles C. Wilson (Jailer), Jack Wise (Florida hotel clerk), Allen Wood (Florida hotel bellboy)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 78 min; B&W
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Comedy / Romance






