Hard to Handle

James Cagney

as Lefty Merrill

Mary Brian

as Ruth Waters

Allen Jenkins

as radio announcer

Ruth Donnelly

as Lil Waters

Claire Dodd

as Marlene Reeves

Robert McWade

as Charles Reeves

Clay Clement

as Federal Man #1 (uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Sound Man (uncredited)

Berton Churchill

as Col. H.D.X. Wells (uncredited)

Davison Clark

as Federal Man #2 (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

as Dance Judge (uncredited)

Jack Crawford

as Ralph Blackman - Band Leader (uncredited)

Mary Doran

as Dance Contestant (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Ed - Photographer (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Emma Dunn

as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)

June Gittelson

as Fat Girl with Hamburger (uncredited)

Charles Eaton

as Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Merrill's Secretary (uncredited)

Gavin Gordon

as John Hayden (uncredited)

Grace Hayle

as Fat Lady with Vanishing Cream (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

as Andy Heaney (uncredited)

Harry Holman

as Colonel's Associate (uncredited)

Tenen Holtz

as Tailor (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

as Grapefruit Acres Executive (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

as Hash-Slinger (uncredited)

Louise Mackintosh

as Mrs. O.H.P. Weston-Parks (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Bedford College Dignitary (uncredited)

Larry McGrath

as Dance Observer (uncredited)

Matt McHugh

as Joe Goetz (uncredited)

Henry Otho

as Dance Worker Owed Three Weeks' Wages (uncredited)

Fred Santley

as Grapefruit Acres Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

as Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)

John Sheehan

as Ed 'Mac' McGrath (uncredited)

Stanley Smith

as Vocalist with Ralph Blackman's Band (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Water Sprayer (uncredited)

William H. Strauss

as Mr. Abe Goldstein (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Dance Observer (uncredited)

Walter Walker

as Bedford College Representative (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

as Jailer (uncredited)

Jack Wise

as Florida Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Allen Wood

as Florida Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

Sidney Miller

as Boy on Pier (uncredited)