Watch Hard to Get (1938) Official Trailer
His heart said "Go grab her" but experience said, "Come kiss me" but her lips said "I'm hard to get".
6.3 / 10 IMDb November 5, 1938 1h 22m
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
Runtime
1h 22m
Release Date
November 5, 1938
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
Dick Powell
as Bill Davis
Olivia de Havilland
as Margaret "Maggie" Richards
Charles Winninger
as Benjamin B. Richards
Allen Jenkins
as Roscoe
Bonita Granville
as Connie Richards
Melville Cooper
as John Case
Isabel Jeans
as Mrs. Henny Richards
Grady Sutton
as Stanley Potter
Thurston Hall
as John Atwater
John Ridgely
as Burke
Penny Singleton
as Hattie
Granville Bates
as Judge Harkness
Jack Mower
as Schaff
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Lowden Adams
as Atwater's Butler at Party (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited)
Nat Carr
as Construction Foreman (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Dour Diner (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
as Eddie (uncredited)
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesAdvertisement
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