Hard to Get

Hard to Get

82 mins | Comedy, Romance | Nov. 5, 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.

Hard to Get

82 mins | Comedy, Romance | Nov. 5, 1938

Hard to Get
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Hard to Get
Directors Ray Enright
Writers Wally Kline, Maurice Leo, Joseph Schrank, Stephen Morehouse Avery, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald

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

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)

Herbert Evans

as Richards' Chauffeur (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

John Harron

as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.

as Rivet Thrower (uncredited)

Arthur Housman

as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

as Mr. Petewyler (uncredited)

George Kirby

as Atwater's Servant Asking About Colored Man (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

as Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Clerk in Richards' Outer Office (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

as Flower Convention Attendee (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Dick Rich

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Rosella Towne

as Miss Gray (uncredited)

Nella Walker

as Mrs. Emmy Atwater (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

as Ellen (uncredited)