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Cast
- Ida LupinoMrs. Helen Chernen
- Dennis MorganPaul Collins
- Joan LeslieKatherine "Katie" Blaine
- Jack CarsonAlbert Runkel
- Gladys GeorgeLily Emery
- Faye EmersonIce Cream Parlor Waitress
- Paul CavanaghJohn "Jack" Shagrue
- Murray AlperJoe Duglatz
- Leona MaricleLaura Britton (uncredited)
- Roman BohnenSam Chernen (uncredited)
- Jean AmesPudgy Girl
- Ray MontgomeryJohnny Gilpin (uncredited)
The Hard Way: Directed by Vincent Sherman. With Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
- (1.5K)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Vincent Sherman
- 1943-02-20
The Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. musical drama film starring Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, and Joan Leslie. Directed by Vincent Sherman, it is 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 mother Lela. [2]
Hard Way, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Get Out Older sister Helen (Ida Lupino) catches Katherine (Joan Leslie) on the porch with vaudevillian Albert (Jack Carson), husband Sam (Roman Bohnen) getting steamed, then a scheme developing, in Vincent Sherman's melodrama The Hard Way, 1943.
- Vincent Sherman, Elmer Decker, Harold Winston
- Ida Lupino
The Hard Way. Helen (Ida Lupino) wants out of her small town and sees her sister Katie (Joan Leslie) as her means when she discovers that Katie can sing. Manipulating Katie into a...
- (10)
- Vincent Sherman
- Drama
- Ida Lupino
Ambitious Helen Chernin (Ida Lupino) pushes her talented younger sister Katherine (Joan Leslie) into marriage with broken down song-and-dance man Albert Runkel (Jack Carson) so that the two women can leave the dirty steel town where they live.
The Hard Way (1943) Ida Lupino won critical praise for her performance here as a woman with ruthless ambition who manipulates her kid sister’s naiveté and talent to find fame and fortune on Broadway.
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.