Hard Way, The eternal youth Things get tangled when a

Things get tangled when a hard-boiled inspector falls for the ambassadors daughter

until some unwanted company decides to play their own version of the game

he inadvertently puts them on the radical road to serial murder

wiping out a stool-pigeon network and hiring the institute's first female nurse (Joanne Dru)

Hard Way, The eternal youth Things get tangled when aHelen Chernen wants to get herself and her talented kid sister Katie out of their jerkwater hometown. And if that means using people and throwing them away, that's what Helen will do. Biting, observant, set against a glittery show biz backdrop, The Hard Way has earned its reputation as one of Hollywood's great melodramas. Among the film's many fine performances, two stand out. Jack Carson, typically cast in comic roles, is powerfully affecting as a