Hard Guy

Jack LaRue runs a night club, and his side racket is to get his girls married to the sons of millionaires, and then let the fathers buy the girls out. Trouble happens when Gayle Mellott falls in love with her sucker, Howard Banks. So when the check for $50,000 comes through, she reconciles with him and hands him the cash to give to his father. But LaRue doesn't like not getting his cut, so he slips Banks a Mickey Finn, shoots Miss Mellott, takes the cash and leaves the gun in Banks' hand. Enter Miss Mellott's sister, Mary Healy.

It's not a particularly great movie, but it does move along at a good clip under the direction of Elmer Clifton. Iris Adrian offers an amusing performance as 'Goldie'; she should be called 'Brassie', and she's loud, knows what's what and, as usual, makes the most of her role.