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Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

Release: 1933-01-28 ·Runtime: 78m ·★ 6.9
Comedy Romance

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

James Cagney James Cagney as Lefty Merrill Mary Brian Mary Brian as Ruth Waters Allen Jenkins Allen Jenkins as radio announcer Ruth Donnelly Ruth Donnelly as Lil Waters Claire Dodd Claire Dodd as Marlene Reeves Robert McWade Robert McWade as Charles Reeves Clay Clement Clay Clement as Federal Man #1 (uncredited) Don Brodie Don Brodie as Sound Man (uncredited) Berton Churchill Berton Churchill as Col. H.D.X. Wells (uncredited) Davison Clark Davison Clark as Federal Man #2 (uncredited) G. Pat Collins G. Pat Collins as Dance Judge (uncredited) Mary Doran Mary Doran as Dance Contestant (uncredited) Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Ed - Photographer (uncredited) Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Dumbrille as District Attorney (uncredited) Emma Dunn Emma Dunn as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited) June Gittelson June Gittelson as Fat Girl with Hamburger (uncredited) Charles Eaton Charles Eaton as Hotel Bellboy (uncredited) Bess Flowers Bess Flowers as Merrill's Secretary (uncredited) Gavin Gordon Gavin Gordon as John Hayden (uncredited) Grace Hayle Grace Hayle as Fat Lady with Vanishing Cream (uncredited) Sterling Holloway Sterling Holloway as Andy Heaney (uncredited) Harry Holman Harry Holman as Colonel's Associate (uncredited) Tenen Holtz Tenen Holtz as Tailor (uncredited) Eddie Kane Eddie Kane as Grapefruit Acres Executive (uncredited) Lew Kelly Lew Kelly as Hash-Slinger (uncredited) Louise Mackintosh Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. O.H.P. Weston-Parks (uncredited) Eric Mayne Eric Mayne as Bedford College Dignitary (uncredited) Matt McHugh Matt McHugh as Joe Goetz (uncredited) Fred Santley Fred Santley as Grapefruit Acres Radio Announcer (uncredited) John Sheehan John Sheehan as Ed 'Mac' McGrath (uncredited) Stanley Smith Stanley Smith as Vocalist with Ralph Blackman's Band (uncredited) Harry Strang Harry Strang as Water Sprayer (uncredited) William H. Strauss William H. Strauss as Mr. Abe Goldstein (uncredited) Charles Sullivan Charles Sullivan as Dance Observer (uncredited) Walter Walker Walter Walker as Bedford College Representative (uncredited) Charles C. Wilson Charles C. Wilson as Jailer (uncredited) Sidney Miller Sidney Miller as Boy on Pier (uncredited)