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63% Critic Match
Hard to Get
“His heart said "Go grab her" but experience said, "Come kiss me" but her lips said "I'm hard to get".”
6.3 / 10• 1938• 1h 22m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dick Powell
Bill Davis
Lead
Olivia de Havilland
Margaret "Maggie" Richards
Charles Winninger
Benjamin B. Richards
Allen Jenkins
Roscoe
Bonita Granville
Connie Richards
Melville Cooper
John Case
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Henny Richards
Grady Sutton
Stanley Potter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ray Enright's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hard to Get is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
