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Hard to Get is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Ray Enright released in USA on 5 november 1938 with Dick Powell

Hard to Get (1938)

Hard to Get
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Released in USA 5 november 1938
Length 1h22
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating66% 3.3432153.3432153.3432153.3432153.343215

Hard to Get is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Dick Powell and Olivia de Havilland. Written by Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo, and Richard Macaulay, the film is about a spoiled young heiress who tries to charge some gasoline at an auto court and is forced by the attendant to work out her bill by making beds and cleaning rooms. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and then sends him to her father to get financing for his plan to develop a string of auto courts across the country, knowing he will only be wasting his time. Hard to Get was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on November 5, 1938.

Synopsis

New York oil magnate Ben Richards (Charles Winninger) and his family are preparing to leave for Newport for their summer vacation. His spoiled willful daughter Margaret (Olivia de Havilland) refuses to go and storms out of the house, borrowing a car belonging to her father's valet. On the road she notices the car is low on gas and stops at an auto court gas station. The attendant, Bill Davis (Dick Powell), fills up the tank and requests the $3.50 payment. With no money on her, Margaret tries to charge the amount to her father's account, but Bill refuses, not knowing who she is. Instead, he offers to let her work off her debt by making the beds and cleaning the rooms at the auto court motel. Outraged by this suggestion, Margaret attempts to drive off, but backs into a truck preventing her from leaving. When a police officer arrives, Margaret is forced to comply with Bill's offer, and she spends the next few hours making beds and cleaning rooms.

Actors

Dick Powell

(Bill Davis)Olivia de Havilland

(Margaret "Maggie" Richards)Charles Winninger

(Benjamin B. Richards)Allen Jenkins

(Roscoe)Bonita Granville

(Connie Richards)
And :
Melville Cooper
Isabel Jeans
Grady Sutton
Thurston Hall
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