Hard to Get (1938)

  • NR
  • 11/05/1938 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 22m

His heart said "Go grab her" but experience said, "Come kiss me" but her lips said "I'm hard to get".

Overview

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.

Ray Enright

Director

Jerry Wald

Screenplay

Richard Macaulay

Screenplay

Maurice Leo

Screenplay

Wally Kline

Story

Stephen Morehouse Avery

Story

Joseph Schrank

Story

Cast

Dick Powell's headshot

Dick Powell

Bill Davis
Olivia de Havilland's headshot

Olivia de Havilland

Margaret "Maggie" Richards
Charles Winninger's headshot

Charles Winninger

Benjamin B. Richards
Allen Jenkins's headshot

Allen Jenkins

Roscoe
Bonita Granville's headshot

Bonita Granville

Connie Richards
Melville Cooper's headshot

Melville Cooper

John Case
Isabel Jeans's headshot

Isabel Jeans

Mrs. Henny Richards
Grady Sutton's headshot

Grady Sutton

Stanley Potter

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