Hard Guy (1941)
An easy trigger finger kept the glamor girl in line...They'll marry any young fool who has the price of a fifty-thousand dollar annulment in his pocket!
Genre : Drama, Thriller, Crime
Runtime : 1H 7M
Director : Elmer Clifton
Synopsis
Investigators crack down on a gang of nightclub con artists that has been victimizing wealthy bachelors.
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