The Hard Way

"You'd never believe they're sisters!"

Feb 20 1943 Approved 1h 49m
Drama, Musical, Romance

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Plot

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. Runkel's partner Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan), however, sees through Helen's plan. Helen continues driving her sister's career and eventually Katherine becomes a star on Broadway, while Runkel and Collins' act flounders. Success soon goes to Katherine's head and she becomes a fast-living party girl. Time passes and Helen and Katherine run into Paul, now a successful band leader. He and Katherine soon fall in love. The two sisters eventually have a showdown on opening night of Katherine's latest show when Katherine discovers that Helen is also in love with Paul.

Written by

Daniel Fuchs, Peter Viertel, Jerry Wald

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
1,700
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA