Hard to Handle (film)

Hard to Handle
Hard to Handle
	Theatrical release poster
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)
Production; company	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	January 28, 1933;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Directed byMervyn LeRoy

Written byRobert Lord
Wilson Mizner
Houston Branch (original story)

StarringJames Cagney

CinematographyBarney McGill

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.^[1]

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1940s	Waterloo Bridge (1940) Escape (1940) Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Unholy Partners (1941) Johnny Eager (1941) Random Harvest (1942) Madame Curie (1943) Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) The House I Live In (1945) Without Reservations (1946) Desire Me (1947, uncredited) Homecoming (1948) Any Number Can Play (1949) East Side, West Side (1949) Little Women (1949)
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