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The Hard Way is a american film of genre Drama directed by Vincent Sherman released in USA on 20 february 1943 with Ida Lupino
The Hard Way (1943)
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Add to a movie listThe Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. musical drama film directed by Vincent Sherman. The film was based on a story by Irwin Shaw which was reportedly
based on Ginger Rogers' relationship with her first husband, Jack Pepper (whom she married in 1928 at age 17) and her own mother, Lela.
Synopsis
Helen Chernen (Ida Lupino) is an ambitious woman, determined to once and for all become rich. She pushes her younger sister Katie (Joan Leslie) into a marriage with singer/dancer Albert Runkel (Jack Carson). Katie has no interest in the man, but is desperate to leave the poor conditions she and her sister live in, a dirty steel town. Runkel's partner Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan) sees what Helen's real intentions are and tries to stop her from breaking Runkel's heart.Actors
Ida Lupino
(Helen Chernen)
Dennis Morgan
(Paul Collins)
Gladys George
(Lily Emery)
Faye Emerson
(Ice Cream Parlor Waitress)
Joan Leslie
(Katherine 'Katie' Blaine)
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