Hard to Get

Hard to Get

1938/11/05 • Released • English

Comedy
Romance
6.0
1h 22m

His heart said "Go grab her" but experience said, "Come kiss me" but her lips said "I'm hard to get".

Overview

When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.

Director : Ray Enright

Casts
Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Bill Davis

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Margaret "Maggie" Richards

Charles Winninger

Charles Winninger

Benjamin B. Richards

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Roscoe

Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville

Connie Richards

Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

John Case

Isabel Jeans

Isabel Jeans

Mrs. Henny Richards

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Stanley Potter

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

John Atwater

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Burke

Penny Singleton

Penny Singleton

Hattie

Granville Bates

Granville Bates

Judge Harkness

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

Schaff

Lowden Adams

Atwater's Butler at Party (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Nat Carr

Construction Foreman (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Dour Diner (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Eddie (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Herbert Evans

Richards' Chauffeur (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

Tom Fadden

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

John Harron

John Harron

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Rivet Thrower (uncredited)

Arthur Housman

Arthur Housman

Drunk on Subway (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Mr. Petewyler (uncredited)

George Kirby

Atwater's Servant Asking About Colored Man (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Wedgwood Nowell

Clerk in Richards' Outer Office (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Paul Panzer

Flower Convention Attendee (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Dick Rich

Dick Rich

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Rosella Towne

Rosella Towne

Miss Gray (uncredited)

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Mrs. Emmy Atwater (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

Ellen (uncredited)

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