Robert Osborne Intro - The Hard Way (1943)

Hard Way, The - (Original Trailer)

Ambitious Ida Lupino wants to make her sister a star even if she has to do it The Hard Way (1942).

Hard Way, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) They Asked Me Why

Director Vincent Sherman's opening, Ida Lupino eventually introduced as "Helen," Emory Parnell the cop, into a flashback featuring little sister Katherine (Joan Leslie), in The Hard Way, 1943.

Hard Way, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Get Out

Older sister Helen (Ida Lupino) catches Katherine (Joan Leslie) on the porch with vaudevillian Albert (Jack Carson), husband Sam (Roman Bohnen) getting steamed, then a scheme developing, in Vincent Sherman's melodrama The Hard Way, 1943.

Hard Way, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Last Night You Said Louisville

Older sister Helen (Ida Lupino) laying a shrewd line on traveling vaudevillian Albert (Jack Carson), who then springs younger sister Katherine (Joan Leslie) on partner Paul (Dennis Morgan) as they leave town, in The Hard Way, 1943.