Hard to Handle (film)
Hard to Handle (1933) is a pre-Code comedy film starring James Cagney as a breezily clowning con artist who organizes a Depression-era dance marathon. His character remarks at one point, "The mass is a cow. It must be milked". The movie was produced at Warner Bros. and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Cast James Cagney as Myron C. 'Lefty' Merrill Mary Brian as Ruth Waters Allen Jenkins as Marathon radio announcer Ruth Donnelly as Lil Waters Claire Dodd as Marlene Reeves Robert McWade as Charles G. Reeves Berton Churchill as Col. H.D.X. Wells Emma Dunn as Mrs. Hawks Gavin Gordon as John Hayden Sterling Holloway as Andy Heaney William H. Strauss as Mr. Abe Goldstein Bess Flowers as Merrill's Secretary External links 1933 films 1933 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films 1930s English-language films Films about con artists Films directed by Mervyn LeRoy Warner Bros. films 1930s American films