Hard to Get (1938)
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
Writers:
Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Maurice Leo.
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Dick Powell as Bill Davis |
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Olivia de Havilland as Margaret "Maggie" Richards |
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Charles Winninger as Benjamin B. Richards |
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Allen Jenkins as Roscoe |
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Bonita Granville as Connie Richards |
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Melville Cooper as John Case |
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Isabel Jeans as Mrs. Henny Richards |
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Grady Sutton as Stanley Potter |
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Thurston Hall as John Atwater |
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John Ridgely as Burke |
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Penny Singleton as Hattie |
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Granville Bates as Judge Harkness |
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Jack Mower as Schaff |
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Lowden Adams as Atwater's Butler at Party (uncredited) |
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Irving Bacon as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited) |
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Nat Carr as Construction Foreman (uncredited) |
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Chester Clute as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Conlin as Dour Diner (uncredited) |
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Edgar Dearing as Eddie (uncredited) |
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Herbert Evans as Richards' Chauffeur (uncredited) |
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Tom Fadden as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) |
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John Harron as Orchestra Leader (uncredited) |
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Ben Hendricks Jr. as Rivet Thrower (uncredited) |
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Arthur Housman as Drunk on Subway (uncredited) |
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Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Petewyler (uncredited) |
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George Kirby as Atwater's Servant Asking About Colored Man (uncredited) |
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Vera Lewis as Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited) |
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Wedgwood Nowell as Clerk in Richards' Outer Office (uncredited) |
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Paul Panzer as Flower Convention Attendee (uncredited) |
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Herbert Rawlinson as Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
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Dick Rich as Truck Driver (uncredited) |
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Rosella Towne as Miss Gray (uncredited) |
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Nella Walker as Mrs. Emmy Atwater (uncredited) |
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Lottie Williams as Ellen (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ray Enright | Director |
| Writing | Jerry Wald | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Macaulay | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maurice Leo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Wally Kline | Story |
| Writing | Stephen Morehouse Avery | Story |
| Writing | Joseph Schrank | Story |
| Camera | Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Art | Anton Grot | Production Design |
| Editing | Thomas Richards | Editor |